Equities

In these testing times for the global economy, investors are looking for reassurance their dividends can, at the very least, be maintained, writes portfolio manager Mark Whitehead of the Securities Trust of Scotland (STS).

My guess is that the 'bored-o-meter' is currently flashing at extreme levels for the average UK equity investor.

Japan is out of favour, especially with foreign investors, and the market has sold down amid rising global macroeconomic concerns and volatility in returns. In particular, investors have shunned stocks where earnings are perceived to be cyclical or volatile...

Electric vehicles (EVs) are on the cusp of a wave of adoption in China following the government's new electric vehicle volume target as it attempts to battle air pollution, writes HyungJin Lee, manager of Baring Eastern trustn.

The Trump card was once seen as a joker in the presidential election pack. But the possibility of him being elected is now being taken seriously around the world and from an investment perspective that clearly generates some anxiety.

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