US
Don’t mistake equities’ current sanguine run for real strength
Investors should not rest too comfortably on the relative calm with which equity markets have greeted both the UK’s EU referendum and the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency warns Guy Stephens.
Wells Fargo adds US small cap and equity Ucits to range
Wells Fargo Asset Management has launched two Luxembourg-domiciled Ucits funds: the Global Focused Equity and US Small Cap Value funds.
Trump election sparks record US equity inflows
Donald Trump’s election victory has triggered an almost unprecedented move into US equities. According to Lipper fund flows data, American investors funnelled a record net sum of $27bn (£21.6bn, €25.2bn) to US equity ETFs during the seven days after the election.
Fixed Income | 17 Nov 16
ANALYSIS: Should bears buy bond proxies on weakness?
If a week is a long time in politics, then in markets it can make or break a trader, while heightening the contrarian instincts of investors with a longer-term view.
North America | 16 Nov 16
Guernsey cosies up to Trump
Guernsey chief minister, Gavin St Pier, has written to the US ambassador to the UK asking him to extend the island’s congratulations to Donald Trump on his election win.