by John Leiper | Jul 3, 2020 | Managing Risk, Market Updates
The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall John Leiper – Head of Portfolio Management – 3rd July 2020 Those stocks that outperformed during the corona crisis are the same ‘winners’ that outperformed before the crisis. These companies tend to exhibit the... 
by John Leiper | Jun 26, 2020 | Managing Risk, Market Updates
Pivot To ESG John Leiper – Head of Portfolio Management -26th June 2020 The recovery in US equity prices, from the corona crisis, has been one of the most rapid in history. Whilst the fall broadly matched the one in 1987, in blue, the S&P 500 now sits... 
by John Leiper | Jun 19, 2020 | Managing Risk, Market Updates
The Chinese Tech Structural Growth Story John Leiper – Head of Portfolio Management – 19th June 2020 China’s economy has transitioned, from an industrial export-led model, towards services. This is evident from the chart below which shows the service... 
by John Leiper | Jun 12, 2020 | Managing Risk, Market Updates
The Commodity Carve-out John Leiper – Head of Portfolio Management – 12th June 2020 Commodities are nothing if not cyclical. They rise and fall in value with remarkable consistency over time. This is represented in the chart below which shows the... 
by John Leiper | Jun 7, 2020 | Managing Risk, Market Updates
The Return of Inflation John Leiper – Head of Portfolio Management – 5th June 2020 Quantitative easing, or QE, is where a central bank creates money to buy bonds. The goal is to keep interest rates low and to stimulate the economy during periods of... 
by John Leiper | May 29, 2020 | Managing Risk, Market Updates
The Powell Pivot 2.0 John Leiper – Head of Portfolio Management – 29th May 2020 In January 2019 Jerome Powell pivoted from a policy of interest rate increases and balance sheet cuts to interest rate cuts and, later that year, balance sheet expansion....
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