All Equities articles – Page 84
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Asset Class ReportsBanking on animal spirits
Global equity valuations – both absolute and relative to credit – are proving difficult to pin down. Joseph Mariathasan finds managers tiring of paying a premium for defensiveness but are hopeful that ‘animal spirits’ can sustain an upward trend
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Asset Class ReportsA nuclear winter?
Managers are working out when and how to position their portfolios to benefit from an eventual economic recovery,finds Joseph Mariathasan
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FeaturesEdgy on equities but eager for infrastructure
In many areas Norway has carved out its own distinct path. Kjetil Houg, finance director at Oslo Pensjonsforsikring, tells Nina Röhrbein how this has helped the country’s largest local authority pension scheme to navigate the market crisis
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Asset Class ReportsLessons from the Great Depression
Navigating the smaller end of the equity markets is particularly hazardous and Joseph Mariathasan assesses whether the past can offer a compass
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Asset Class Reports
Those twin deficits
So the US has the same president for the next four years, and it seems to be a case of ‘better the devil you know’, as far as bond and currency market participants are concerned. For Bruno Crastes, head of global fixed income at Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM), bond ...
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Features
Playing safe in Europe
The question that has been puzzling Euro-zone equity strategists is why, when the sun has been shining so brightly in Europe, are the European equity markets not making hay? Yet in spite of this, European equity investors have chosen to play safe. Axel Botte, investment strategist at AXA Investment Managers ...
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Features
Value in Japan
The ups and downs of market sentiment. Feelings about the Japanese economy vary considerably. Opportunities are there but the underlying fundamentals remain uncertain. Beyond doubt is the considerable slack that remains in the system. “We don’t think that the bank of Japan will raise short term rates for quite a ...
