Inflation not required
Despite the explosion of high profile global risks, the appetite for global markets remains strong. In fact, a survey by Franklin Templeton found that demand for global investments will only increase over the coming decade, as investors seek to minimize their exposure to any single economy. At the time of the survey, only 34% of […]
As the world stumbles from one crisis to another, turbulence is fast becoming the new normal in financial markets. From the great recession of 2008 and the European sovereign debt crisis to the geo-political turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East, the world has experienced tremendous upheaval. And while investors waited for a respite, […]
The balance between return and risk is often equated with the trade-off between health and exercise. While all investors have an appetite for greater wealth (being healthy), they also have a limited tolerance for risk (exercise). Unfortunately, risk is a difficult, often abstract, concept for investors — especially when it comes to investment selection. As a result, risk is usually ignored altogether.
Having climbed the wall of worry in 2010, the North America equity market is looking at a promising year ahead where new opportunities abound. Several specific factors are expected to produce positive returns for equities, so stay the course, said Jeffery Tory, chairman GBC Asset Management and portfolio manager at Pembroke Management Limited. “It was […]
Two of Fidelity’s top investment strategists recently weighed in on the 2011 outlook for the fund company’s annual ‘Straight Talk on the Markets’ webcast. Getting Aggressive Trevor Greetham, asset allocation director for Fidelity International’s Investment Solutions Group, says the first thing to keep in mind is the economic cycle has become quite short, and increasingly […]