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Major Challenges Ahead – Emerging Markets and Europe in Focus

Apr 20, 2020

10:30 am

• US equities led by tech continue to climb higher • It’s only a matter of time before the scale of the drop in GDP overwhelms near-term positives for the equity markets • Everything is happening slower in the emerging markets and major challenges are ahead • Developed countries will have to be prepared to…

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The Fed Plays God

Apr 13, 2020

6:52 am

• Fed comes back to the market with a further wave of unprecedented support • A further $2.3 trillion and they may still not yet be done • The purchase of junk bonds comes with huge moral hazard • The Fed’s emergency’ action now spans over a decade • We suspect that the Fed has…

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The Key Is Keeping People Employed

Apr 7, 2020

4:29 am

• The markets will have to absorb poor economic data as unemployment rises sharply and activity collapses • The depth of the economic slump dependent on people retaining their jobs and SMEs staying in business • Selective bond exposure the first port of call for new investment • Emerging Markets face big risks as the…

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Muddling Through COVID-19 crisis

Apr 6, 2020

11:26 am

Nobel Laureate Esther Duflo a couple of days ago said that uncertainties are giving rise to uncertainties. That statement best sums up the economic environment we are in currently. Is Covid19 one quarter or a one year problem? Will we have an extended lockdown or is the end in sight? Or is a shut-start-shut the…

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