Asset allocation is at least as important as individual share selection. So where should you be putting your money? Here’s May’s take on the major asset classes. Bonds Insanely expensive Government paper has been extremely expensive for …
Last week, we saw another landmark hit in our topsy-turvy world of money printing. On Wednesday, the Swiss government became the first government in the world (according to several reports, at least) to have investors …
Asset allocation is at least as important as individual share selection. So where should you be putting your money? Here’s our monthly take on the major asset classes. Property The bubble keeps growing UK house prices …
‘Don’t fight the Fed’ seems like a trite cliché nowadays. But with the European Central Bank (ECB) now fully signed up to the money-printing pact, it’s truer than ever. Between the US, Japan, Europe, there …
Asset allocation is at least as important as individual share selection. So where should you be putting your money? Here’s our monthly take on the major asset classes. Equities Buy cheap stocks Developed stockmarkets have hit …
Thousands of small shareholders in cash-strapped gold miner Petropavolvsk might be better off if refinancing proposals from its largest shareholder Sapinda succeed over company management’s plans, says one broker close to the action. Petropavlovsk management’s recapitalisation …
Asset allocation is at least as important as individual share selection. So where should you be putting your money? Here’s our monthly take on the major asset classes. Precious metals Sensible insurance Gold has slipped from …
Yields are turning negative, but gold still has its appeal I said here last week that I couldn’t imagine not holding some gold in today’s increasingly odd financial environment. It isn’t exactly the first time I’ve …
Switzerland has a reputation for being safe and dull. Not now – at least as far as investors go. Last Thursday, the Swiss central bank – the Swiss National Bank (SNB) – caused “a degree …
Gold has bounced from four-year lows as stockmarkets have swooned, boosting demand for an asset that historically does well when other assets fall. Fears that the eurozone crisis is flaring up again have also been …