What might a recession mean for high yield investors?
Adam Darling says a global recession looks probable and may bring opportunities in high yield bonds for active investors.
Are 60-40 portfolios two-legged stools?
Traditional portfolio allocations to just long-only equities and bonds may be less optimal than adding alternatives, writes Amadeo Alentorn, lead investment manager, Jupiter systematic equities.
Notes from the Investment Floor: Moving towards a pause?
James Novotny assesses the prospects for the global economy and how that could mean for rate increases.
Monitoring progress toward net zero in emerging markets equities
Nick Payne, investment manager, Jupiter Global Emerging Markets Focus strategy, shares how an active fund manager approaches ESG, and how companies’ progress on climate change can be assessed.
Inching closer towards rate cuts
Ariel Bezalel and Harry Richards say global growth will continue to slow in the coming months, dragging inflation further down, increasing the likelihood of rate cuts towards the end of the year.
No ‘fear of missing out’ on China
Jason Pidcock and Sam Konrad explain why they have no ‘fear of missing out’ over China, and why talk of a reopening boom might be overplayed.
Gold, diversification and central banks
Ned Naylor-Leyland discusses the diversification properties of gold, the recent price rally and why central banks have ramped up their purchases.
Notes from the Investment Floor: Don’t believe in immaculate tightening
Harry Richards discusses the likelihood of recession, and whether its credible that monetary policy could tighten so much without negative ramifications for the economy.
Macro monitor: Is the bond rally overdone?
Mark Nash, Huw Davies and James Novotny analyse the global growth and inflation environment and what the evolving scenario means for the fixed income markets.
China reopening – why this could be positive for Europe
Caroline Cantor, Mark Heslop and Mark Nichols look at potential opportunities for European luxury and consumer goods companies from China’s lifting of Covid restrictions.