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Charles Schwab: Why defensive sectors are crashing

Charles Schwab: Why defensive sectors are crashing

Opinion | Comment & Analysis | 20 Jun 2013

Why defensive sectors are being hit hardest in this stockmarket downturn.

Private equity in its best shape since the boom year of 2009, reckons fund of funds

Private equity in its best shape since the boom year of 2009, reckons fund of funds

News | Markets | 19 Jun 2013

The Cayenne Trust, which invests in other funds, has acknowledged that it is heavily exposed to private equity but argued that the sector is attractively valued.

Nick Train stays the course in Japan despite market ‘gyrations’

Nick Train stays the course in Japan despite market ‘gyrations’

News | Funds | 19 Jun 2013

The top performing Lindsell Train Investment Trust has confirmed that it has not changed its approach in Japan despite the tumult shaking the country’s stock market.

Aviva spies value in bombed-out banking and mining sectors

Aviva spies value in bombed-out banking and mining sectors

News | Markets | 19 Jun 2013

David Lis, head of equities at Aviva Investors, has said a turnaround may be due in some parts of the UK stock market that have recently suffered sharp falls.

What I’ve learned of China’s new leaders: Anthony Bolton speaks out before his retirement

What I’ve learned of China’s new leaders: Anthony Bolton speaks out before his retirement

News | Markets | 18 Jun 2013

Fidelity’s Anthony Bolton, who has announced he will retire from his China Special Situations fund next year, has shared his impressions of the country’s new leaders and what their policies will mean for investors in the country.

Inflation jump means every saver is losing money

Inflation jump means every saver is losing money

News | Banking & savings | 18 Jun 2013

The Office for National Statistics has revealed that the Consumer Prices Index measure of inflation hit 2.7 per cent in May, higher than the 2.4 per cent recorded a month earlier.

Witan shakes up UK equity portfolio

Witan shakes up UK equity portfolio

News | Funds | 18 Jun 2013

The £1.4 billion Witan Investment Trust, which invests in other funds, has dumped NewSmith Asset Management and handed its £75 million UK equity portfolio to Heronbridge Investment Management.

Majority of analysts deem bonds overvalued in ‘potentially toxic’ market

Majority of analysts deem bonds overvalued in ‘potentially toxic’ market

News | Markets | 17 Jun 2013

A major survey has revealed that three-quarters of chartered financial analysts (CFAs) consider both government and corporate bonds too expensive.

Snap up cheap European stocks before the recovery, strategist recommends

Snap up cheap European stocks before the recovery, strategist recommends

News | Markets | 17 Jun 2013

Investors should take advantage of temporarily depressed markets to buy shares poised to benefit from an upturn in Europe’s economy, according to S&P Capital IQ Equity Research.

Anthony Bolton to leave Fidelity China Special Situations: how the new manager will change the fund

Anthony Bolton to leave Fidelity China Special Situations: how the new manager will change the fund

News | Funds | 17 Jun 2013

The feted Anthony Bolton, manager of the £700 million Fidelity China Special Situations fund, has confirmed that he will retire in April 2014.

Trust resists calls for action on discount

Trust resists calls for action on discount

News | Funds | 14 Jun 2013

The chairman of the £250 million Hansa Trust has defended his fund’s reluctance to buy back its shares to control its discount.

‘I deserve the wooden spoon,’ admits fund manager

‘I deserve the wooden spoon,’ admits fund manager

News | Funds | 14 Jun 2013

James Barstow, manager of the Aurora Investment Trust, has accepted that his fund has disappointed over the past year but expressed confidence that his portfolio of turnaround stocks will fulfil their potential in the months ahead.

Aberdeen fund admits series of wrong calls – but still soars over benchmark

Aberdeen fund admits series of wrong calls – but still soars over benchmark

News | Funds | 13 Jun 2013

Hugh Young’s Aberdeen All Asia investment trust has recognised that it missed out on several growth opportunities over the past year, but still managed to beat the broader market comfortably.

Mulberry shareholders could face 75 per cent loss

Mulberry shareholders could face 75 per cent loss

News | Shares & trading | 12 Jun 2013

A senior analyst has warned that recent turmoil at luxury group Mulberry (LON:MUL) could send its share price back to levels last seen in 2010, implying investors could suffer losses of around 75 per cent.

Sainsbury’s set to ‘go for the jugular’ and surpass Asda within a year

Sainsbury’s set to ‘go for the jugular’ and surpass Asda within a year

News | Shares & trading | 12 Jun 2013

The UK’s third largest supermarket, Sainsbury’s (LON:SBRY), has been tipped to claim second place in 2014 after revealing a rising market share and a 34th consecutive quarter of sales growth.

Gold: the 'high risk, low reward investment' for the lazy

Gold: the 'high risk, low reward investment' for the lazy

News | Markets | 12 Jun 2013

The price of gold is today so high that it has disconnected with inflation and outrun the price of equities, meaning investors risk being 'fleeced' by the precious metal, according to the chief investment officer of Argonaut Capital Partners, Barry Norris.