Dramatic falls in Chinese equity markets have caught the headlines again early in 2016, as the bubble in Chinese domestic equities continues to deflate.
Japan remains a cyclical market due to its large exposure to global manufacturing sectors relative to other major markets, as well as relative to its own economy.
The very different economies grouped under the emerging markets label offer contrasting prospects for investors. India, for example, continues on a gradual reform path and we believe its outperformance is not a quirk and should continue.
With the help of the dividend component in the total return equation, US markets posted their eighth consecutive positive return in 2015, making this bull market which started with the quantitative easing of 2009 go uninterrupted, despite the intra-year...
Although the S&P 500 index suffered its worst annual performance since 2008 last year, large technology positions and a focus on the growth drivers of tomorrow helped boost returns for the Natixis Loomis Sayles US Equity Leaders fund in 2015.
Uses AIM shares for IHT planning
For first time since 2011
Long term implications of shaky start to 2016