Economics: Research Guide

After the vote for Brexit, it was often said that our departure from the EU was most likely to harm…

Lock, stock and double barrels In Rebecca Long Bailey, who sometimes hyphenates her name and sometimes doesn’t, the Labour party…

Little of this made the news, because good news is no news

It’s not often that you come across a book that completely transforms your understanding of the world. Just recently I’ve…

Do you know how easy—or hard—it is to redeem your fund investments for cash? We think you should. In our…

Have you ever seen a headline saying equity markets are “too high”? Or that a market fall is right around…

Many investors, whether retired or not, rely on cash from their investment portfolios at some point. This can be entirely…

The omens for the economy are not good

Instincts are part of being human. Whether helpful or not, our instincts creep their way into our daily decision-making process.…

At first glance, investing passively may seem easy. Pick a low-cost fund or funds reflecting a broad market index then…

If you read magazines, watch the news or even just log on to social media, you may see a common…

IN ASSOCIATION WITH The “era of austerity is over,” the Chancellor proudly declared in his Autumn Budget on 29th October…

No matter your level of sophistication, we think there is a common thread amongst investors: They are all fallible humans.…

“Equities seem so uncertain now. I’ll just wait until the market settles down—then I’ll make a move.” Many investors may…

As the year winds down, we approach the season when some investors do an annual portfolio review. Checking in on…

Mario Draghi’s term as head of the European Central Bank (ECB) doesn’t end until next October, but we are already…

IN ASSOCIATION WITH Given the United Kingdom’s forthcoming departure from the European Union, few of us who follow the Chancellor’s…

In our experience, we find many investors approach choosing securities based on odd criteria—like perceptions of safety from risk. A…

UK spirits are key to our economy. Take, for instance, Scotch; sold in 200 markets worldwide, it supports 40,000 jobs…

Some jerk know-nothing writes in an unreadable American newspaper that Greece is back — Athens, actually. He would, he’s an…

All summer, financial media and UK policymakers have been preoccupied with the possibility of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, in which the…

Here at Fisher Investments UK, we think that looking at the death cross has major flaws as a technical indicator…

In our review of financial media, headlines tend to highlight areas of the market that are either doing very well…

People respond to incentives. And in market economies, few incentives top profits. In the energy industry, oil prices are a…

In his recent testimony to MPs, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney made headlines by claiming the Brexit vote had…

Also: Hinkley Point is becoming outdated a decade before its completion; and how to get a good phone deal, perhaps

Also in Any Other Business: Archie Norman’s arrival at M&S; the Sunday Times rich list; St Pompon’s voting record

There are plenty of signs that our economy is about to overheat. Remainer economists are unable to see them

The Brexit vote wasn’t fate. Here are the key things that could have gone differently

The Chancellor still looks like he expects everything to go horribly wrong. He should consider the prospect of it going horribly right