September 2024
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The new gold rush
Gold has returned 22% in the last six months driving the metal to all-time highs in US dollars as well as multiple other currencies. The question investors must ask is whether this is a cyclical move, or has gold proved itself as a building block within portfolios?
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August 2024
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How Magnificient is AI
Twist and turns in the Magnificent 7 have propelled the S&P 500 beyond what many investors have expected. Optimism surrounding the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform businesses have led a ‘gold rush’ to beneficiaries of the technology.
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August 2024
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The Fed and Tokyo: Correction or Contagion?
After a strong rally since the start of the year, the first week of August saw a deeply negative period for developed markets.
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May 2024
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The UK election: Will it or won’t it influence the market?
With the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, recently announcing a snap general election taking place on the 4th of July, it is worth taking a look at how TAM think this is going to play out in the market.
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April 2024
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THE SQUEEZE ON FEES
Are we now in a “race to the bottom” paradigm where DFMs are being pressured to slash fees to compete for assets whilst still offering value for clients? In this Market Insight we explain why we do not believe this is the case.
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March 2024
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INFLATION: STAYING DOWN OR RISING BACK UP?
Any movie watcher will know that well-trodden scene in which the hero puts the villain to the sword, turns around triumphantly only to see the same villain rising ominously behind them ready for action. In this Market Insight we discuss inflation and is it really under control?
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February 2024
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'YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT'
In the first three months alone, stock markets have already met or exceeded their targets for the entirety of 2024. Some will see this as a sell signal and others, a buy signal. Well, that’s what makes a market. In our Market Insight we take stock of an exciting start to the year.
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January 2024
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TAM Sharia: Where we've been and where we're going
2023 has drawn to a close and investors are beginning to open the bonnet of their portfolios to check which areas need tweaking.
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December 2023
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Sustainable investing: Another year older
Our Sustainable/ESG focused portfolios are another year older but are we as investors another year wiser? In this note we review the five important lessons learnt in throughout 2023.
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December 2023
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Hang on in there, the market is on the mend
2023 has largely been a year of lacklustre performance with just 7 behemoth tech stocks in the US delivering virtually all the market performance. Whilst investors have piled into these AI related investments there has been a lot more to get excited about. In this note we review the current landscape and some views for 2024.
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November 2023
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Soft Landing or Hard Landing? Take your pick but make sure you are in a plane that can handle both!
Stronger than expected economic data, resilient inflation and geopolitical tensions have all combined to unsettle investors. Fears now abound that the US Federal Reserve's prediction of interest rates remaining ‘higher for longer’ may actually morph into ‘higher for much, much longer’. Will the Fed be able to manage a soft landing for the economy or are we in for a far bumpier ride?
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October 2023
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We meet again, Mr. Bond - Opportunity in fixed income
Last week, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said that inflation is still too high despite easing slightly recently, and slower economic growth is likely needed for it to return to the central bank’s 2% target. This week we have had stronger US growth numbers, but weaker employment numbers. With rate decisions on a knife edge read how TAM are allocating to the fixed income markets.
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September 2023
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology: World Changing or Ending?
AI has certainly become a household topic in 2023 and impacted many company and sector valuations. We discuss the issues and what we should be focusing on going forward.
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June 2023
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The risk of outperforming this market
Do strong stock market gains tell the whole story? James Penny discusses the story behind the story and concludes that its critical for clients to realise how important it is to spread investments over different scenarios, outcomes, and opportunities.
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April 2023
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FANGs bite back: A view on Q1
After a shocking 2022 for growth stocks, 2023’s Q1 market will go down in history as one of the most potent rallies in the history of growth investing. In this article we discuss the events that shaped the market and some thoughts for the remainder of the year.
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April 2023
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BUILDING THE NEXT BULL RUN IN 'GREEN' INVESTMENTS
We are now looking back on over a decade of artificially low interest rates put in place by developed country central banks, sparked by the financial crisis and a battle against deflation, thanks to China exporting low prices as globalisation took off. This period of easy money culminated in 2021 with unprecedented levels of monetary stimulus during the pandemic. There were suggestions that inflation was ‘dead’, amid an ‘everything rally’ where assets with little actual intrinsic value (such as speculative cryptocurrencies; non-fungible tokens (those strange pictures of apes if you remember); meme stocks; and a selection of profitless companies) were...
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March 2023
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Springing into Growth: the UK Budget
The past few years have been marked by political turbulence in the UK, ranging from ‘partygate’ scandals, to the proposed unfunded tax cuts which sent the UK economy into tailspin and Liz Truss packing after a shorter tenure than Ed Balls had on Strictly Come Dancing. However, since Rishi Sunak followed as Britain’s prime minister, there has been an air of control with no more hard-hitting headlines of political malfeasance or drastic calls for the removal of cabinet members. When Rishi took over the clear objective was to fix both Liz Truss’s and Kwasi Kwarteng’s large scale failure to sensibly...
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March 2023
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Banks: the winners and losers
Financial markets ended Friday in some turmoil, due to the dilemma over the strength of bank lending. In a rapidly appreciating interest rate environment, banks are usually the core winners as interest spreads and ongoing interest loan differentials cause bank profit margins to rise. Great news for banks which until Friday have been a core appreciating sector in markets globally. No mistake, rising interest rates are good for bank profits, until, that is, concerns about default rates - the ability of borrowers to cover interest payments or indeed repay loans - also begin to rise.
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