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Investment Comment Feb 2013
Stockmarkets got off to a strong start in 2013. Earnings yields in most equity markets still compare very favourably to bond yields relative to history, despite recent rises in the stockmarket. Dividends can increase, whereas f ...
Quarterly Investment Comment: Q1 2013
INVESTMENT COMMENT – January 2013 "Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, it will be enough." Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Ban ...
Investment Comment Jan 2013
We said in October that earnings yields in most equity markets compare very favourably to bond yields relative to history. That continues to be the case, despite recent rises in the stockmarket as a result of the positive news f ...
RDR A Quick and Simple Guide
You may not have heard about it yet, but the way that financial advisers run their businesses, and how they provide services to you and other consumers, is changing. From 1 January 2013 the Retail Distribution Review (or RDR for ...
Investment Comment Oct 2012
Prudent risk-taking was rewarded in the recent quarter with most equity markets rising at least 3% (unhedged) despite strength in sterling. Previous laggard stock markets in Europe ex-UK, Pacific ex-Japan and Emerging Markets gained the mo ...
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