Macquarie Specialist Investments launches latest Flexi 100

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Offering protected exposure over US, European, Asian and Australian equities Macquarie Specialist Investments (MSI) yesterday announced the launch of the 14th offer of the flagship Macquarie Flexi 100 Trust (Flexi).

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Saxo Bank publishes its investment outlook for Q1 2014

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Emerging Asia will become the world’s primary weak spot in 2014, but we have reached the beginning of the end of this crisis Saxo Bank, parent company of Saxo Capital

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2014 Outlook: Time for financial markets to stand on their own two feet again

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Looking forward to 2014, Threadneedle Investments believes the year will be characterised by the move towards financial markets standing on their own feet again, as the global policy support that

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Mid-year market review and outlook: Tapering is not tightening but valuations continue to favour equities over bonds

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At the start of the year, we forecast a challenging macroeconomic outlook for 2013, continued downside risks, and we expected interest rates to stay lower for longer. In terms of

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Reporting season expected to shift investors to equities from bonds

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Independent Australian investment management company, Dalton Nicol Reid said the recent strong reporting season should intensify the current shift in asset allocation seen among professional investors. Chief Investment Officer, Jamie

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Does the Year of the Snake really sssspell disaster for stock markets?

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 It’s Chinese New Year and as the Year of Dragon gives way to the Year of the Snake, superstitious investment managers are no doubt harbouring feelings of trepidation.  After all, according

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Dangers in the rush to buy bonds

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Investment bubbles are hard to spot. Just ask Alan Greenspan. The former chairman of America’s central bank famously warned in December 1996 that stock market investors were displaying “irrational exuberance”. He

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10 investment lessons from ‘Black Monday’

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Black Monday, 19 October 1987, was when stock markets around the world saw their largest one day falls in history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 22% and the Australian

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Oliver’s Insights: Shares climbing a wall of worry

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The attached ‘Oliver’s Insight’ looks at the continuing recovery in share markets, despite ongoing worries about the global growth outlook. The key points are as follows: Global growth is likely to be

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Darkest before the dawn

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Is the recent pick-up in several major stock markets more than just another short-lived rally? The latest headlines are not often the best indicator of the direction of the market,

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