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How Will a Biden Presidency Impact Latin America?
The president elect has long ties with the region and is less confrontational than his predecessor but real change may be limited. Mexico This is the USA’s most important bilateral relationship in Latin America. It matters for…
Getting Life Insurance Should Have Always Been This Easy
It’s 2020—and everything you’re looking for is within a tap or a click. This now includes life insurance. Getting life insurance used to be difficult. Hours and hours of research, aggressive phone calls with salespeople,…
Drowning In Multiple Debts? Consider a Debt Consolidation Loan.
During times of economic uncertainty, the last thing people want to worry about is mounting debt. Whether it’s a credit card balance, unpaid medical bill, or another nagging due date, many Americans are struggling to…
Why liquidity doesn’t trouble Investment Trusts
James Henderson, co-fund manager for Henderson Opportunity Trust, discusses the Trust’s latest portfolio activity; specifically why James and the team have been buying smaller companies they believe to be “unfairly valued”. James also discusses the…
Lessons in liquidity
When a city figure as senior as the Governor of the Bank of England says that one form of pooled fund holding billions of pounds on behalf of millions of people is 'built on a…
From little acorns
Venture Capital Trusts or VCTs are becoming increasingly popular, with demand boosted by valuable incentives for investors in these tax shelters and tighter restrictions elsewhere. However, smaller companies and start-ups held within this type of…
VIDEO MARKETS UPDATE – JANUARY 2018
In this update, Mark Whitehead, Portfolio Manager, assesses the change in US federal income tax and opportunities for dividend growth in the tech sector. WHAT CAUGHT YOUR EYE THIS MONTH? In the US, the first…
Seven scenarios for seven stockmarkets
By Ben Kumar, Investment Manager, Seven Investment Management Global growth can easily be described as ‘humming’ and the world seems to have confidence in that growth, be that trade led or domestically driven through…
Week in review: loss of balance?
Earlier this year, the US Federal Reserve (the Fed) said it was making plans to reduce its collection of assets, or its ‘balance sheet’, which is worth around $4.5 trillion. The portfolio ballooned under the…
The Return of the “Unreliable Boyfriend” and Other Central Bankers
Stanley Druckenmiller is one of the greatest investors/traders of the last 40 or so years. He managed money for George Soros from 1988 to 2000, and was instrumental in the trade that broke the Bank…
A Rare Opportunity in Soft Commodities
From time to time, we show charts drawn from the Commitment of Traders report to show when speculators (hedge funds and CTAs) are holding extreme positions, either long of short, of say a fixed income…