News & Updates
In our News & Updates section, we’ll keep you informed about what is happening at MeDirect Group. Through this section we also publish weekly market updates provided by well-established fund houses and other interesting financial reads. Make sure to visit often to keep yourself up to date.
Notes from the Trading Desk – Franklin Templeton
Despite the month-end selloff on Friday, global equities put in a strong performance last week. Markets in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region were also broadly higher, with Japan the clear outperformer.
Exploring Mutual Funds – Benchmarks
The significance of a benchmark index is to provide a perspective and relevant yardstick to measure mutual fund returns and enables investors to gauge a fund manager’s investment capabilities.
Liontrust Insights: Reasons to be cheerful (as well as fearful)
Covid-19 uncertainty has lowered confidence in economic forecasts. But Phil Milburn explains why there are reasons to be cheerful as well as fearful when it comes to the investment grade and high yield bond markets.
Franklin Templeton Thoughts: EU Delivers Comprehensive Fiscal Rescue Package
The European Commission has unveiled a sweeping new €750 billion coronavirus fiscal rescue package, including the issuance of new bonds. David Zahn, Franklin Templeton’s Head of European Fixed Income, calls it groundbreaking.
BlackRock Commentary: Virus compels a strategic view revamp
The coronavirus shock is reinforcing structural trends and introducing new ones, such as the policy revolution, surging sustainability wave and accelerating deglobalization. In many ways, the future is arriving fast.
Legg Mason Perspectives: Currency Markets – The Dollar is King… Or is it?
Throughout the article, Legg Mason discusses how risk aversion is helping support U.S. dollar for now, but that the longer-term outlook remains nevertheless clouded by uncertainty.
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