by Fisher Investments UK | Nov 18, 2021 | UK
In Fisher Investments UK’s experience, it is common to see financial commentators stress country-specific issues as potential threats to world equity markets. In just the past 10 years, we have seen them do so with Greece’s debt worries, Brexit, Italy’s fragile...
by Fisher Investments UK | Oct 31, 2021 | UK
Since proposing a US corporate tax hike earlier this year, US President Biden has worked with other nations in hopes of adopting a global minimum corporate tax rate. In July, roughly 130 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries...
by Fisher Investments UK | Oct 17, 2021 | UK
Benjamin Franklin was wrong. In 1789, the polymath and first US ambassador to France wrote, “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” Franklin had overlooked the fact that since the establishment of the world’s first stock market in Amsterdam about...
by Fisher Investments UK | Oct 4, 2021 | UK
With economic recoveries picking up in the West, so is chatter about potential monetary policy changes. Across the Atlantic, many financial analysts we follow dissect US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell’s comments for hints of what will happen with its...
by Fisher Investments UK | Sep 24, 2021 | UK
In our experience, investors spend a lot of time focusing on winners and losers amongst individual securities. It is also a popular topic amongst financial publications Fisher Investments UK’s research analysts follow. But in our view, asset allocation—a portfolio’s...
by Fisher Investments UK | Aug 16, 2021 | UK
In calendar year 2020, the European Union (EU) reported its trade surplus (the balance of exports minus imports) surged from €191.5 billion in 2019 to €217.5 billion, a 13.6% increase.i From 2018, last year’s surplus was up 23.0%.ii According to many financial...