How the economy and investments will perform in the year ahead. From the Mid-January 2014 issue of Investment Executive newspaper.
January 14, 2014
How the economy and investments will perform in the year ahead. From the Mid-January 2014 issue of Investment Executive newspaper.
January 14, 2014A rise in long-term interest rates amid the end of the Fed's quantitative easing program will make it more difficult to find the point at which the reward for investing is sufficient to compensate for the duration and credit risks
Although corporate, high-yield and global bonds offer a substantial pickup in yield over Government of Canada bonds, these higher-return issues come with their fair share of peril. Buyer beware when swimming in dangerous waters
But perhaps not so great for fixed-income
The financial services sector made a strong showing in 2013, and portfolio managers expect that many companies, including banks and insurers, will benefit from healthy balance sheets and improved conditions in world markets
After a year of strong recovery in several world markets, fund portfolio managers are focused on continuing to benefit from the economic recovery. But there are significant soft spots
Canada’s small-capitalization equities market is unlikely to be particularly strong in 2014. “I would be tempering my return expectations to look for below historical averages,” says Martin Ferguson, director and portfolio co-manager, small-cap equities, with Mawer Investment Management Ltd. in Calgary. Although investment returns may not be as high as they have been in the […]
The current downward trend in gold bullion prices could continue, especially if the global economic recovery accelerates and political threats abate. But some pessimists expect bullion prices to rise due to concerns over unresolved issues in world markets
The bull market that ran rampant in the U.S. in 2013 will face some challenges in the year ahead, but U.S. stocks are expected to survive a mild correction this year and continue their upward surge in 2015
While growth rates have slowed from their peaks, Asia's markets outside China continue to expand at a world-beating pace. Exporting countries remain vulnerable to the rate of global growth, while others are driven by domestic consumption
Recent figures show a healthier rate of economic growth than earlier last year, when a slowdown looked to be in the cards for the globe's second-largest economy
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