Without a crystal ball, what are the possible scenarios for 2024?

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Making predictions is hard, they say, especially when they are about the future. One of the many truisms attributed to baseball player and popular philosopher Yogi Berra, this pearl is

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Fidelity International launches global long short fund in Australia

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Fidelity International has launched the Fidelity Global Long Short Fund in Australia, managed by London based Portfolio Manager Dmitry Solomakhin. The actively managed global equities fund adopts a long short strategy and

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Global mid-caps offer attractive returns for equity investors

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Investors seeking exposure to global equity markets shouldn’t ignore mid-cap companies which offer the opportunity for superior returns and superior risk adjusted returns, says Maroun Younes, co-portfolio manager of the

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Resilience, refinancing, and recession risk – Q4 investment outlook

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Markets have proven resilient to the prospect of recession. But that they will continue to do so is far from certain. The final quarter of the year tends to portend

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Assessing pockets of value in Asia

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With China’s post-Covid recovery proceeding at a slower-than-anticipated pace and investors unsettled by broader macroeconomic uncertainty, portfolio manager of the Fidelity Asia Fund, Anthony Srom, demonstrates the value of active

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Cautious optimism for China investors

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Mainland China’s stock market has sold off sharply over the past month, and the renminbi has weakened against the dollar, nearing levels seen during the height of Covid-19 lockdowns. Investors

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The case for Asian emerging market equities

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Marty Dropkin, Head of Equities, Asia Pacific at Fidelity International, comments, “During periods of market volatility, the attractions of emerging markets can be overlooked. With valuations at multi-decade lows, this

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Markets buying opportunities abound for careful stockpickers

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While the impact of rising interest rates and inflation is still to be fully felt in the market, there are still pockets of opportunity for stockpickers within certain sectors, according

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Rise of artificial intelligence underlines role of ESG analysis

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The spectrum of risks arising from artificial intelligence (AI) is wide. On one end lie doomsday scenarios involving ‘super-intelligent’ AIs that their creators can’t understand or control. More potential immediate

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Markets to oscillate between resilience and fragility – Q3 2023 investment outlook

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As central banks remain hawkish on the back of persistent inflationary pressure, the likelihood of a soft landing is falling, in contrast to some parts of the market which are

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