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Guide to the Markets Q3 2021 Webconference

Guide to the Markets Q3 2021 Webconference

Guide to the Markets Q3 Webconference | Tuesday 8 July at 3PM   Join Karen Ward and Mike Bell, Global Market Strategists as they use charts from the new Guide to the Markets to discuss the key near-term themes including...

Guide to the Markets Q2 2021 webconferences

Guide to the Markets Q2 2021 webconferences

26 April to 29 April 2021 Join our Global Market Strategists as they explore the key themes that are likely to shape global markets in the quarter ahead. The team will also be joined by Nicola Rawlinson and Smiti Nigam, Macro Strategies Investment Specialists, to...

If not now, then when

If not now, then when

Where are we now? The dichotomy in performance between value and growth over the last decade is well documented but could this be drawing to a close? Even after the recent value rally, valuation spreads in the UK are extremely wide. At a global level it is even wider....

Size matters

Size matters

Despite the euphoria around the Brexit deal at the end of 2020 and start of the vaccine rollout, the renewed lockdowns in the UK, new virus strains and the astonishing Gamestop/Reddit saga has led the market to become rather directionless in recent weeks with share...

Register for our Market Watch Webconference Series

Register for our Market Watch Webconference Series

Wednesday 27 January 2021 – 2PM GMT/3PM CET Interest rates on cash and government bonds look set to remain low for the foreseeable future. This will help the economy but leaves an enormous challenge for investors in need of income. Join Karen Ward, Chief Market...

FTSE hits 10-month high as it smashes through 6,800

FTSE hits 10-month high as it smashes through 6,800

The FTSE 100 has hit a 10-month high after soaring through the 6,800 barrier for the first time since the Covid-19 crash as investors cheered the Democratic win in the Georgia Senate election. By 3.30pm the main London index jumped 229 points, or 3.2%, to 6,842 as it...

Ruffer nets £320m+ profit in two month bitcoin trade

Ruffer nets £320m+ profit in two month bitcoin trade

Ruffer has bagged a profit of up to £693m from bitcoin, less than two months after buying into the cryptocurrency in November. Bitcoin’s stunning bull run has continued through the end of 2020 into the start of this year as its surged beyond $34,000 for the first time...

FTSE jumps 1.7% on first trading day of 2021

FTSE jumps 1.7% on first trading day of 2021

The FTSE 100 surged 3.1%, before paring back from highs to close 1.7% up, as it started its first trading session of 2021 buoyed by vaccine roll-out news and an oil price jump that lifted miners. The main index leaped 200 points before subsiding to a 111 point...

The long and short of it: Review of the markets in December

The long and short of it: Review of the markets in December

As I write, it is Christmas Eve. The end of the year is an opportune time to reflect but there is still rather a lot to pack into the remaining eight days so I’ll defer that till January. I am optimistic about 2021. The first quarter will be extremely difficult and...

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Guide to the Markets Q1 2021 webconference with Karen Ward

Thursday 7 January 2021 at 14:00 GMTJoin Karen Ward, Chief Market Strategist, EMEA, Mike Bell and Hugh Gimber, Global Market Strategists, as they explore the key themes that are likely to shape the global markets in theyear ahead.The team will discuss...