The pace of the housing market drove prices up to the highest level in three years, according to reports from mortgage lender Halifax. House prices increased in July by 0.9% up from 3.7% in the three months to June, spurred on by six consecutive monthly house price...
The Mysterious Madness Called QE Quantitative Easing (“money printing”). Investors love it. It’s an avalanche of liquidity that drives up the value of interest-sensitive investments. Everybody gets richer. Or so it seems. But the mere hint that the US...
Most advisers say it’s crazy to invest in bonds. But then they would, wouldn’t they? Nearly all of them, and their clients, missed out on what has been one of the greatest bull markets in history for this asset class. According to BCA Research, since September 1981...
Basic food crops evolved over an unusually favourable period There will be increased weather instability, notably floods and droughts, but also steadily increasing heat. The climate is changing and becoming more hostile to farming. Grains have developed over many...
Multi-asset strategies essential as volatility continues, say Barings – Barings’ annual study of best and worst performing asset classes shows sharp swings in performance – While European equities top the 2012 list, the class was one of the worst...
