If there is one undervalued idea today, it is the idea the global economy can grow in a sustained, prosperous fashion.
US stocks have had a chance to finish 2017 in style, as the economic recovery that started two years earlier received an additional boost from the much-publicised breakthrough on tax reforms.
Inflation should start falling back to target early 2018
Many investors are tempted by tactical asset allocation - the practice of shifting a portfolio's weighting as the outlook chops and changes.
Convertible bonds are set to record their best year of absolute performance since 2013 this year, with the TR Global Focus Hedged Convertible Bonds Index (USD) up 7.25% as at the end of October.
Data 'undershoots expectations'
While the big equity market story this year is the continuing rise of the FANGs (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google) and their ability to disrupt established industries, markets have been brutal towards companies in those industries that are under attack....
Despite remaining expensive