Sweden’s economic blunder

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Few developed economies rebounded as quickly as Sweden did from the global financial crisis. After contracting 5% in 2009, Sweden’s economy expanded 6.6% a year later, swelled another 2.9% in

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Video: Winners, losers and trends

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Paul Taylor, Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Australian Equities Fund shares his insights from reporting season.  

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Video: What’s happening in Australian small and mid-caps right now?

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James Abela, Portfolio Manager of the Fidelity Future Leaders Fund, shares where he is finding opportunities in Australian small- and mid- cap stocks.

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Bad debts hobble any European recovery

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December 2013 In Europe, there’s a number that punctures immediate hopes for the region. It is the amount of bad debts that sit on eurozone bank balance sheets. Accounting firm

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Video: Is the worst over for European markets?

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The crisis in the eurozone has eased since the European Central Bank announced that it would buy the bonds of struggling governments. Richard Lewis, Head of Global Equities, Fidelity Worldwide

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The Art of Manager Selection

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Effective manager selection is an increasingly important element of investment success for investors today. In this article, Fidelity’s Nick Peters discusses the art of selecting the right manager, why monitoring

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Why the Fed’s QE is likely to end well

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Stan Druckenmiller, a star US hedge-fund manager, slams the Federal Reserve for “running the most inappropriate monetary policy in history”. But what seems to scare investors more is the prospect

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Fidelity’s Paul Taylor shares his Top 5 Tips with investors

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In an equities market where bottom-up stock picking is becoming increasingly important, Paul Taylor, Fidelity’s Portfolio Manager of the Australian Equities Fund, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, shares

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Investor focus on Asia changing

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Asia is gradually evolving from a cost centre to a profit centre in the eyes of global corporates, according to a Fidelity Worldwide Investment survey. About half [48.2%] of Fidelity’s

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Is it time for Asian equities?

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Now could be a good time to buy Asian equities if you are long-term investor, as it’s the second best time to be buying Asian stocks in 10 years; and

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