Tracking the pandemic – the challenges of interpreting fast-changing data

“The Covid-19 pandemic is generating huge quantities of case count data as the
disease advances around the world. We have seen countries and regions that were hit earliest move through the initial peak and into a period of declining incidence, while those affected more recently are still recording rapid rises in infections and fatalities. But the data raises as many questions as it answers.”
Discovering which business models will prosper after the pandemic

Negative, unchanged and positive impacts
Investment team updates – bullet points 14 August

Find the latest key market updates regarding the following asset classes: Fixed income, European equities, US equities, Japanese equities, Global equities, Multi-asset.
Investment team updates – bullet points 07 August

Find the latest key market updates regarding the following asset classes: Fixed income, European equities, US equities, Japanese equities, Global equities, Multi-asset.
Investment style rotations – growth versus value

Style rotations, where investors switch one type of investment style for another, are nothing new. At some point during most investment cycles different styles – such as growth, quality and value – will outperform at different points as investors rotate in and out depending on their outlook.
Investment team updates – Bullet points 10 July

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Stock markets: Looking ahead

What bear markets and bull rebounds can teach us about how the stock market works, and how we may navigate current and future market contractions.
Are markets ahead of the economy and should they be?

Global investors underappreciate the changing behaviour of Japanese companies, which has made them more resilient and well positioned to benefit from global reflation.
Investment team updates – bullet points 19 June

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Confronting Covid-19, short-lived value rallies and unprecedented stimulus

In the latest lockdown episode from the Eye of the Needle team, we talk to Francis Ellison, Client Portfolio Manager European equities, and Daisuke Nomoto, Portfolio Manager Japanese equities. Francis talks about the types of business that have done well in Europe during the Covid-19 pandemic, and what investment style might remain in fashion for some time yet; while Daisuke talks Japanese stimulus and the outlook for corporate Japan.