As UK and global markets face the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus pandemic, Louise Kernohan, co‑manager of Dunedin Income Growth Investment Trust, advocates a focus on high-quality companies and the need for a long-term mind-set.…
Can the world cope with a resurgent dollar?
There is no doubt that big swings in the value of the US Dollar have a big impact on global economic growth and also financial markets performances. Between June 2014 and January 2016, as the…
Market review: Back to the playground
Financial markets have been described as casinos, rollercoasters and merry-go-rounds. Recently, though, they’ve been more of a seesaw. The playground favourite was much in evidence this week. As the pound peaked on Wednesday, the FTSE…
Market review: Brexit bites back
Was this the week that Brexit finally bit? After smashing through 7,000 last week, the FTSE 100 began where it left off, rising to an all-time intraday high of 7,124.69 by Tuesday lunchtime. But as…
Week in review: The best of times and the worst of times
It was a week of contrasts. Sterling fell to its lowest level against the dollar since the mid-1980s, and its lowest against the euro in five years. But it was also a week in which…
Week in review: A crude awakening
Fears over the financial health of Deutsche Bank flustered investors at the start of the week. But signs that energy prices might be rising from their slumber provided some solace, resulting in a positive week…
Week in review: What the Fed said
A familiar sense of anticipation settled over investors awaiting the result of the US Federal Reserve’s September deliberation. By and large, analysts and commentators expected the central bank’s interest rate-setting committee to hold firm and…
The Folly of Predicting the Markets in Retirement Planning
I think it is fair to say that the market reaction to Brexit took most people by surprise. While there were the inevitable few days of falls following the announcement of the result, the following…
Income in Retirement – Consistency is King
We looked last time at the importance of reviewing your investment strategy if you intend to use a ‘drawdown’ pension during retirement and leave your fund invested for the longer term. For many the biggest…
Week in review: Political Olympics
Just four days after the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the final proceedings in the impeachment of Brazil’s former President Dilma Rousseff began. Re-appointed by the Brazilian electorate less than two…
Hot property
Background Unless you’ve been in a cupboard for the last month or so you will be aware that property funds have taken a beating since the surprise result of the EU referendum in June. By…
Week in review: Her name is Rio …
It was all eyes on Rio de Janeiro this week, as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad got into full swing. As is now traditional at such celebrations of human sporting prowess, the efforts of…
Week in review: Desperate times
On Wednesday the result of the most wide-ranging survey of British businesses since the Brexit vote was released. The purchasing managers’ index showed the sharpest fall in business activity for 20 years, and follows a…
Seven Deadly Sins of multi-asset investing
Don't be led astray or make decisions for the wrong reasons. Watch Aberdeen Asset Management's guide to the seven deadly sins of multi-asset investing now. Narrated by Joanna Lumley.
Ten Golden Rules of Equity Investing (video)
We have distilled our insights from the world of investing into ten succinct rules. None of them should surprise and they all share one distinct trait: a belief in common sense. While the sentiment behind…
Beyond Brexit: Why China may be a bigger threat to economic stability…
The intensity of the British media’s focus on Brexit since Friday’s surprise result has few precedents in recent times, and it is understandable, however the rest of the world still exists – and it was…
Week in review: poker face
Poker face How low would they go? That was the question on investors’ lips this week as they looked to the first meeting of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) since the UK’s…
Week in review: in for a penny…
Now that two weeks have passed since the momentous referendum result on 23 June, some of the implications for markets and the UK economy are becoming clearer. On Wednesday, sterling touched a 31-year low against…
Broken Britain
The United Kingdom, according to S&P, faces at least three and a half years of 'slowed economic growth' when they announced on Monday night that Britain's credit rating had been slashed by two notches to…