Biden passes 270: but what does the future hold?
While vote counting continues, Joe Biden has secured the 270 electoral votes needed to become the next president of the United States. But the narrow margin of victory and possibility that Republicans retain the Senate are likely to impact his administration’s potential policies.
2020 US election: staying patient as the vote unfolds
There is an established process for concluding the US election, but markets may be volatile along the way
What the US election means for markets… and what it doesn’t!
The election cycle will increase short-term volatility, but we don’t believe it will have much influence on market averages over the long term.
Investment team updates – bullet points 4 September
Find the latest key market updates regarding the following asset classes: Fixed income, European equities, US equities, Japanese equities, Global equities, Multi-asset.
Summer slumber soothes markets
Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
Investment team updates – bullet points 14 August
Find the latest key market updates regarding the following asset classes: Fixed income, European equities, US equities, Japanese equities, Global equities, Multi-asset.
Investment team updates – bullet points 07 August
Find the latest key market updates regarding the following asset classes: Fixed income, European equities, US equities, Japanese equities, Global equities, Multi-asset.
Investment style rotations – growth versus value
Style rotations, where investors switch one type of investment style for another, are nothing new. At some point during most investment cycles different styles – such as growth, quality and value – will outperform at different points as investors rotate in and out depending on their outlook.
Are markets ahead of the economy and should they be?
Global investors underappreciate the changing behaviour of Japanese companies, which has made them more resilient and well positioned to benefit from global reflation.
‘Big Tech’ dominance puts index on shifting sands
The changing nature of an index driven by the rise of technology firms, which typically pay low or no dividends, has led to a large structural bias against income investors. So how do they prosper in such an environment?