Merlin Weekly Macro: This blue and pleasant land?
The Jupiter Merlin team discuss the pressures on land. With acre upon acre dedicated to solar, is the UK overlooking a low carbon energy solution?
Portfolio construction: building on solid foundations
Kiran Nandra, head of equities, asks four Jupiter investment managers how they build their portfolios.
A barbell approach to leisure sector credit
Andrew Rubins, investment analyst, examines the investment opportunities available in travel and leisure sector credit after the turbulence during the Covid pandemic.
Picks, Shovels and European Smaller Companies Investing
Phil Macartney and Mark Heslop find a rich vein of opportunity in European smaller companies and discuss why it makes sense to supply picks and shovels in a gold rush.
Merlin Weekly Macro: Sunak talks tough on defence
The Jupiter Merlin team discuss the UK’s commitment to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, and what being on a ‘war footing’ might mean in practice.
Bonds: Are rate cuts coming?
Mark Nash, Huw Davies and James Novotny analyse the prospects for government bond markets as relatively low real rates and easy financial conditions underpin growth and inflation.
Is high yield right to price a soft landing?
Adam Darling expects volatility ahead in the high yield market as companies gird up to cross the refinancing hump in the coming months.
All that glitters…understanding the structural forces behind the market rally in gold
Ned Naylor-Leyland and Daniel March discuss the structural factors behind the recent surge in the price of gold and analyse the factors that could push the price even higher
Are positive rates good news for Japanese equities?
Dan Carter and Mitesh Patel assess the Bank of Japan’s decision to hike interest rates. Why was the reaction so muted, and is it good or bad news for investors?
Merlin Weekly Macro: US inflation moves stubbornly sideways
The Jupiter Merlin team assess the likelihood of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates this year given that economic data continues to raise eyebrows.