Richard TurnillBlackRock Global Chief Investment Strategist PublishedDecember 19, 2017 Freedom Z / Shutterstock Richard draws lessons from a year that saw surprisingly large returns, falling inflation and flat long-term bond yields. The past year turned out to be more bullish than we anticipated. Consensus growth expectations caught up to ours and global earnings jumped—but the magnitude of […]
Rick RiederBlackRock Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income PublishedDecember 15, 2017 Rick Rieder and Russ Brownback examine the more volatile cyclical dynamics we’re likely to encounter in 2018, even as the secular risk-asset bull market remains in place. Sir John Templeton famously stated that “bull markets are born in pessimism, grow in skepticism, mature in optimism, […]
David Miller, Investment Director, Quilter Cheviot The pace of significant political and economic events seems to have picked up over the past couple of years, and there is every indication that this will continue next year too. Without a doubt, these events can be seen as aftershocks of the financial crisis, and it is therefore […]
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Your financial future is not something to be left to chance. It demands a well-constructed, goal-oriented investment portfolio. In a world of increased market risk, policy uncertainty and an outlook for lower long-term returns across asset classes, how well you build your investment portfolio matters like never before. It can mean the difference between a […]
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All of us have worked hard to build capital and are looking to preserve and grow the real value of our assets, but when it comes to investing that money we often fall foul of simple mistakes that impact our ability to invest wisely. When markets are rising, it is easy to get carried away, […]