InvestmentAdviser ISSUE 18 August 2008 >> Comments

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Investors' Alphabet: Q is for Quant

Story by: Stephen Wilmot, Investment Adviser

Scrabble players will doubtless recognise quant as the long pole used by students to propel a punt through the leafy gardens of Oxford and Cambridge.

  • Time published: 10:59
  • Date published: 18.08.2008
  • Published in: Investments

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The triggers for a stock market rally

Lower commodity prices will have a knock-on effect on headline inflation

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Keeping up with global evolution

Guinness is not a new name to many of us. For some, yes, it may refer to the popular stout that originated in Dublin some 240 years ago. However, in the investment world I’m referring to the veteran global energy fund manager, Tim Guinness. He built his reputation when he set up Guinness Flight in the 1980s. The company was then taken over by Investec in 1998.

  • Date published: 18.08.2008

Test drive a... Mini

When I was at school, the idea of turbo-charging a Mini was a running joke.

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Why so little interest in offshore funds?

It is a struggle to get advisers in the UK to look beyond their own shores for investments

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A Lord's life up for grabs

Britain’s David Piper has taken a novel approach to converting assets into cash, quickly and painlessly.

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Trade liberalisation without the WTO

The erosion of WTO centricity will bring the world to a tipping point

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Does handball hold the key to Korea?

Anybody taking a punt on the Korean market is probably already fretting about volatility, chaebols and inflation. But the latest research suggests handball could be a cause for concern.

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Each colour of corruption to its own

Just as different kinds of corruption are trendy in different countries, methods of stamping them out vary widely as well.

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Food fights inflation

Britons are already feeling bloated after a being force-fed a dose of shock inflation figures from The Bank of England.

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Keeping an eye on the central banks

A key point for investors is to investigate the approach by emerging market economies towards inflation

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Knowledge is power

As students across the country received their A-level results last week, the familiar annual debate started up again in earnest.

  • Date published: 18.08.2008

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