The Big Question

THE BIG QUESTION

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In the second of a new series for Investment Week, we ask industry experts.... Where is the next asset bubble?

Jeremy Tigue, head of global equities, F&C One of the most reliable indicators of bubbles is the investment trust market and the recent launch of the Fidelity Chinese investment trust was a worry, made worse by the simultaneous launch of the J.P. Morgan Brazil investment trust. The last specialist Brazilian investment trust was wound up on 18 December 1998 and the Brazilian stock market has gone up more than six and a half times since then. Seven years ago, when I changed my strategy to invest more in emerging markets, this was a minority view – now everyone believes it. So one risk we...

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