The most detailed and accurate research is useless unless you also have a buy or sell decision based on valuation; similarly, an investment decision without a fundamental understanding of a business is no better than investing on the roll of the dice.
Despite the holiday season looming large, there are still a couple of major catalysts for the markets to watch: Brexit negotiations and the US fiscal developments.
A key consequence of this year’s policy revolution is the potential for a more muted response of nominal yields to higher inflation, in BlackRock’s view. This means investors should start positioning their long-term portfolios for this new dynamic now, in their view.
This week’s update will be discussing Brexit that has an ultimate deadline of the 31 December. With regards to COVID-19, we will see how the US Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine last week (on the heels of the UK’s vaccine approval) but cases continue to rise in Europe and the United States.
There are many misconceptions about the bond market and the forces that drive it. In this article, David Roberts from Liontrust tackles 12 of the biggest current myths of investing in bonds.
The expected widespread rollout of Covid-19 vaccines in 2021 has strengthened BlackRock’s conviction in an accelerated economic restart. They have turned more pro-risk, upgrading equities to a tactical overweight. This pro-risk stance is becoming consensus, but the rest of their views are much less so.
With a COVID-19 vaccine forthcoming, and many countries getting the situation under control in the meantime, many observers are optimistic about an economic rebound in Europe in 2021.
BlackRock have closed our tactical underweight in EM debt as easy monetary policy is expected to stay, against the background of an improved 2021 outlook. Positive news on Covid vaccine development has boosted the case for an accelerated global restart in 2021.
Markets saw a remarkable rally in November as vaccine news gave us light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel and some uncertainty ended around the US election outcome.
Habits, fear, and sunk costs can reshape economic behaviour. To investigate the means through which these shifts could happen—and the likelihood that they will—Morningstar identified three main ways the coronavirus could shape the economy long after the pandemic has subsided.
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