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HOUSE REPORT - Q4 2024
A MULTIPOLAR WORLD
Despite ongoing geopolitical concerns, global assets saw positive performance in the third quarter of the year. How are markets defying crisis, and how long might it last?
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Six Minute Strategy: Making sense of bull market resilience
In 2024, we’ve endured wars, political crises, and trade battles, yet global equity markets have continued to push forward. In our latest Six Minute Strategy video, Guy Monson, Chief Market Strategist, discusses this global market resilience, most recently seen following Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the US presidential...
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Six Minute Strategy: Regime Change in Washington
Equity markets have risen strongly since Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the US presidential election. The sustainability of this US-centric rally, however, will likely hinge on the trajectory of bond yields. In our latest Six Minute Strategy video, Guy Monson, Chief Market Strategist, is joined by Dr Subitha...
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Donald Trump’s decisive win heralds a regime shift for the US and the global order
Having had time to follow the results and market reaction to the last week’s US presidential election, we take a closer look at Donald Trump’s key policies around lower taxes, higher tariffs, deregulation, and tighter borders, and assess what this could all mean for investors on a global...
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Six Minute Strategy: UK Budget - back to 'big state' economics
October’s UK Budget represented what may be one of the largest increases in spending, tax, and borrowing of any fiscal event in history. Spending policies will add a colossal 2.2% a year of GDP or £69.5bn - £45bn on current spending and £24bn on capital spending. This will...
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Model Portfolio Service update - October 2024
In our latest MPS update, Ben Gilbert and Edward Lloyd from our model portfolios team discuss the latest rebalance and their outlook for model portfolio solutions. Recorded a week before the announcement of the UK budget and two weeks before the US election, Ben and Ed also highlight...
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Six minute strategy: Is the ‘Japanification’ of the Chinese property market inevitable?
Chinese authorities have been busy cutting interest rates and promising fiscal stimulus, but this doesn’t yet minimise the risk that the property market slips into Japanese-style, multi-year deflation. The question for investors is whether the latest policy moves are just a de-risking step by the authorities, or in...
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