We are pleased to attach our Global Market Bulletin for December. With very best wishes to you and your family for the festive period.
I am pleased to attach our Global Market Bulletin for November. It really is possible to see the future! Should you wish for further information on any of the subjects discussed, please do not hesitate to contact me.
I am pleased to attach our Global Market Bulletin for October. Despite the 10-15% correction across markets since April, the impact of lower oil prices and a softer dollar should start to feed through to a more positive outlook for equities in the fourth quarter and well into 2016.
I am pleased to attach our Global Market Bulletin for September. September is often a tough month for the equity markets, and it has been presaged by a tough one in August. However, we are still in a soft spot for equity investment, and the last five years of equity recovery set against 15 prior…
Please find attached our Global Market Outlook for July, coinciding with the launch of our new website. If you feel we may be able to provide financial advice to someone you know, please feel free to pass our name across to them.
I am pleased to attach our Global Market bulletin for June. The bulletin makes a case for reviewing exposure to small-caps. Global monetary easing continues unabated and it should continue to edge equity markets higher. Short term, developed market equities could experience a (needed?) 6-8% correction.
During April, McLaren Asset Management’s sister company, McLaren Wealth Management, finally, after three years of trying, obtained a licence from La Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores, the Spanish regulator for banking, fund management and Independent Financial Advisors. While much of our business is still insurance based (single premium life ‘bonds’, cover for inheritance tax,…
The weakness of the US jobs report last week bodes well for a continuation of easy monetary policy in the US. As a consequence, weakness seen in the equity markets over the last two weeks is quickly reversing, as is the momentary pick-up in precious metals. Equity prices in the US in particular are of…
With the UK Budget only days away, investors should be braced for changes to pension higher rate tax relief and trust changes for inheritance tax mitigation, though whether the Government would make wholesale changes ahead of an Election is doubtful. One very important aspect of the greater pension flexibility from April 2015, is the necessity…
Interest rates are unlikely to rise this year in any world economy. (Brazil has its own agenda…) Governments are determined to try to stimulate growth in an environment of slow growth and a threat of deflation. This should nudge equities higher. Full-blown QE in Europe and Japan should especially help European and Japanese equities, and…