Markets

The Fed: There Will Be Competition At The Fed To Be In Jerome Powells Ear

The presidents of the regional Federal Reserve banks are likely to be more vocal in coming weeks in a competition to see... Read more

Therese Poletti's Tech Tales: Scenes From Silicon Valleys Cryptocurrency Craze: A Melding Of Reality, Fantasy And Hype

The hype that has fueled the skyrocketing prices of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies was on full display this week in ... Read more

Metals Stocks: Gold Prices Suffer A Nearly 3% Drop For The Week

Gold prices fall Friday, settling at their lowest level in nearly five months after November jobs data come in stronger ... Read more

Pound Dips Despite Historic Brexit Border Deal

Sterling fell in early morning trading despite Britain and the European Union reaching a historic deal regarding its Br... Read more

Diversification - The Magic Ingredient

Many investors are tempted by tactical asset allocation - the practice of shifting a portfolio's weighting as the outlo... Read more

SocGen's Edwards: Clients Cannot See An Immediate Trigger For The Financial Armageddon Heading Our Way

Société Générale's bearish strategist Albert Edwards has warned the current market situation is "even worse" than t... Read more

Tencent Topples Apple, Petro-yuans & Bitcoin Crashes: Saxo Bank's Ten Outrageous Predictions For 2018

Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, has released its ten 'Outrageous Predictions' for ... Read more

OMGI's Buxton: Govt Needs To Address Demographic Divide Or Risks 'sleepwalking Into Electoral Disaster'

Richard Buxton, chief executive of Old Mutual Global Investors and manager of its £2.3bn UK Alpha fund, has said the b... Read more

Investment Week Digital Edition - 11 December 2017

The final edition of Investment Week for 2017 is now available to read online. Read more

ETF Snapshot: All Equity Sectors Record Positive Flows

In the week ending 1 December, US large-cap ETFs attracted the largest weekly flows across all asset classes, according... Read more

S&P 500 Peak, 10% Correction, Credit Spreads Tightening: BofAML's Top Ten Macro Calls For 2018

BofA Merrill Lynch (BofAML) global research team has said returns are still to be made as we enter the later stages of ... Read more

Investment Conundrums: Columbia Threadneedle's Burgess On Why Asset Managers Will Not Desert London Even Under 'onerous Brexit'

Mark Burgess, deputy global CIO and CIO EMEA at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, has said he expects London to retain... Read more

Why Consumers Will Determine The UK's Economic Prospects In 2018

British consumers held up well in the wake of the UK Brexit referendum last year, but signs of weakness have emerged. Read more

Industry Voice: UK Opportunities - Value In The 'reverse Supply Chain'

The American economist Hyman Minsky once said that "stability is destabilising". Minsky's 'financial instability hypoth... Read more

Investment Week Digital Edition - 4 December 2017

This week's edition of Investment Week is now available to read online. Read more