Mike Riddell, portfolio manager of Fidelity Strategic Bond Fund, provides an overview of the macroeconomic environment and outlines his views across the strategy’s main alpha sources. Against a backdrop of increased global market volatility, potentially signalling the end of the US exceptionalism trade, he outlines why the team has become less bullish on US Treasuries in the context of less attractive valuations.
With recessions looming over most developed markets, Asia is marching to a different beat this winter. Against this backdrop, Global CIO Andrew McCaffery explains why Asia’s key economies serve as a useful diversifier, with more policy certainty potentially coming from the Chinese Party Congress this October.
Sam Morse and Marcel Stötzel, portfolio managers of Fidelity European Fund and Fidelity European Trust PLC, examine the challenges and opportunities facing investors in European equities. Despite an uncertain macro backdrop, they explain why a focus on high quality companies with strong balance sheets and sustainable dividend growth can continue to drive attractive long-term returns for investors in the region.
Our latest analyst survey suggests that input cost inflation is starting to stabilise, amid signs of demand destruction. Here, we delve into the results and highlight how our analysts are expecting labour and non-labour cost pressures to evolve across key economic regions over the coming months.
China's economic landscape presents a mix of challenges and opportunities for investors. While tariffs and regulatory concerns have impacted sentiment, the focus on domestic revenue-generating companies and supportive government policies offer a cautiously optimistic outlook. Fidelity China Special Situations PLC portfolio manager Dale Nicholls shares his latest thoughts on the investment outlook for China and how the trust is positioned to navigate the current environment.
Many investors have grown used to a low default environment in the wake of the global financial crisis, but could this be about to change? As macro concerns build, Global Fixed Income CIO Steve Ellis looks at how different parts of the credit market could react to a rise in defaults and reveals why high yield investors may be taking on more risk than they are being paid for.
A structural evolution is reinforcing the appeal of Asian bonds as a resilient source of income and diversification.
After a long period of underperformance, value investing has been making a comeback over the past year or so. Against this backdrop, Nitin Bajaj, portfolio manager of Fidelity Asian Values PLC & the Fidelity Asian Smaller Companies Fund, outlines how his portfolios have benefited from this environment and provides an insight into the value areas which still offer unrecognised investment potential.
The repricing of fixed income markets, resilient corporate fundamentals and increasing differentiation across issuers are improving the case for selected areas of the market, particularly investment grade credit. Against a backdrop of ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty and heightened geopolitical tensions, Fidelity’s active Fixed Income ETF team examines why investors are increasingly turning to active, research-led credit selection through transparent, cost-efficient ETF solutions.
Our CEO Anne Richards explains why the next step in the response to the climate emergency will be the hardest. Turning pledges and commitments into real action requires effort; however, it is essential now that the scale of the problem is better understood, and the solutions made clearer.
Fidelity Emerging Markets portfolio manager Nick Price provides an update on the strategy. Following a tumultuous period in developing markets, he discusses how he is positioning the portfolio amid ongoing uncertainty, while also outlining the key areas of opportunity across this large and diverse investment universe.
Coordinated intervention and hawkish BOJ signals have stabilised the Japanese yen, but sustained strength depends on fiscal credibility and tighter monetary policy.
Our Multi Asset team's views on which asset classes and markets are presenting the greatest opportunities and risks.
With geopolitical uncertainty elevated and global equity markets concentrated around technology and AI, equity income can play a valuable defensive role in investor portfolios today. Portfolio manager Tristan Purcell outlines the attributes we look for in companies in order to construct portfolios with the potential to provide resilience during turbulent times, while also capturing equity market upside.
A combination of low savings rates and high inflation has the potential to materially erode the real value of cash holdings over time. With UK inflation showing signs of being broader and stickier than first anticipated, we outline the benefits of short-dated credit as a tool for investors looking to sweat the cash element of a well-diversified portfolio.
Sometimes you have to go to the mountain to get the answers you need.
Financials markets are at a transition point, with shifting policy and inflation dynamics prompting a “global reset”. Amid this disruption, Global CIO Andrew McCaffery believes Asia stands in a relatively strong position, with China starting to look increasingly attractive as it re-emerges from lockdowns.
| The Fed left rates unchanged at 3.50–3.75 per cent in line with the market consensus and going against the roughly one-in-three chance of a surprise hike priced into the meeting. |
The Chinese government’s will to reform its important property sector is balanced against the more urgent task of reviving a slowing economy. With policy showing signs of softening, we assess what happens next and look at the investment opportunities in ancillary areas related to building maintenance and upgrades.