The August 2016 report, MLC’s scenario insights & portfolio positioning, states: “Financial markets are not just affected by news, but by how news differs from expectations. At the end of the June quarter, investors were disappointed at the outcome of the Brexit referendum. Most economists … [Read more...]

The March 2016 report, MLC’s scenario insights & portfolio positioning, states: “… on average, looking across the whole scenario set, the potential reward for taking additional risk has improved, but is still limited… looking across the range of future possibilities and using our assessment … [Read more...]

The January 2016 report, MLC’s scenario insights & portfolio positioning, states: “This quarter again begins laced with a feeling of déjà vu as monetary policy once more dominated the flow of news.” At Godfrey Pembroke we put investors at the centre of our thinking and focus on what really … [Read more...]

MLC’s scenario insights & portfolio positioning report, October 2015, states: “The September quarter market gyrations reflected conflicting data flows about when the US Federal Reserve (Fed) will start raising rates, how weak the Chinese economy is and what is going to happen to oil … [Read more...]

The July 2015 report, MLC’s scenario insights & portfolio positioning, states: “As we have outlined previously, today’s investment environment remains very difficult. The investment challenge is what to do in a world in which everything is expensive, there is no place to hide, and almost … [Read more...]