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Global Financials
By Guy De Blonay | 18 Nov, 2008
In the latest of of our weekly Wealth 150 fund manager comments Guy De Blonay, the highly regarded fund manager of the New Star Global Financials Fund, provides an insight into global financial stocks.
Corporate bonds update
By John Hamilton | 14 Nov, 2008
There is a time in the economic cycle when it makes good sense to invest in bonds. That time is when economic growth falters and markets expect a downwards turn in the interest rate cycle, says John Hamilton, manager of the Jupiter Corporate Bond Fund.
Snap, Crackle and Pop
By Aled Smith | 11 Nov, 2008
In this week's Wealth 150 fund manager comment Aled Smith, manager of the M&G American Fund, analyses Kellogg's, which is one of the fund's largest shareholdings.
Recent Comments
Market Update: Interest rate cut
By Jim Leaviss | 06 Nov, 2008
Jim Leaviss, manager of the M&G High Yield Corporate Bond fund, gives his reaction to the surprise 1.5% interest rate cut and offers his views on inflation for 2009. He also discusses the outlook for the corporate and government bond markets.
Outlook for Japan
By Scott McGlashan | 05 Nov, 2008
In the latest weekly Wealth 150 fund manager comment Scott McGlashan, the highly regarded fund manager of the JO Hambro Japan Fund, offers his views on the Japanese market.
Charlie Awdry on China
By Charlie Awdry | 04 Nov, 2008
Charlie Awdry is the manager of the Gartmore China Opportunities Fund. In this article he shares his views on the prospects for the Chinese economy and discusses how he is managing his fund accordingly.
Sanjiv Duggal on the prospects for India
By Sanjiv Duggal | 04 Nov, 2008
Manager of the HSBC GIF India Equity fund, Sanjiv Duggal offers his views on the Indian economy and discusses how India has been affected by the turmoil in global markets.
Where next?
By Andrew Yeadon | 27 Oct, 2008
In the latest weekly Wealth 150 fund manager comment Andrew Yeadon, the highly regarded fund manager of the Schroder Managed Balanced Fund, offers his views on the global economy.
Outlook for the UK
By Richard Smith | 21 Oct, 2008
In the latest weekly Wealth 150 fund manager comment Richard Smith, the highly regarded fund manager of the Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Equity Fund, offers his views on the UK economy and equity market.
Japan market update
By Simon Somerville | 19 Oct, 2008
Jupiter fund manager, Simon Somerville, takes a look back at the Japanese economy over the last 3 years and explains why he believes the Japanese market is now displaying some good buy signals.
Agriculture update
By Henry Boucher | 17 Oct, 2008
The coming recession is being led by falls in asset prices and consumption in the US and the other G8 developed economies. Sarasin AgriSar fund manager, Henry Boucher provides an update on food and agribusinesses - looking at the current challenges facing this sector.
Angelos Damaskos on global markets
By Angelos Damaskos | 16 Oct, 2008
The highly regarded manager of the CF Junior Oils fund, Angelos Damaskos provides an update on commodities, the stock market and the economy.
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