18 March 2020
Viral panic – what is the endgame?
Viral panic – what is the endgame?

Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK-based Multi-Asset Team, discusses the purge of risk appetite across the investment world as the coronavirus spreads, considering the range of potential government measures, and the quiet progress being made on containment.

30 April 2025
Tech stocks and tariffs: 5 key considerations for investors
Tech stocks and tariffs: 5 key considerations for investors

Amid a volatile and uncertain environment for global stocks following the US tariffs bombshell, the Global Technology Leaders Team highlights what is driving their thinking and investment decisions

10 March 2020
From complacency to panic: Coronavirus and oil
From complacency to panic: Coronavirus and oil

Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK-based Multi-Asset Team, discusses the recent market shock as oil prices tumble and the Coronavirus continues to impact countries globally.

28 April 2025
Trump tariff-led volatility: Investment lessons learned
Trump tariff-led volatility: Investment lessons learned

With US President Trump's unprecedented tariff regime reshaping global trade, sparking market volatility, and prompting strategic recalibrations among global investors, our portfolio managers share insights on the longer-term implications for financial markets.

27 February 2020
Global real money growth weaker but bottoming?
Global real money growth weaker but bottoming?

A post a month ago argued that global monetary developments in early 2020 would be key for assessing economic prospects.

28 April 2025
What's the impact of Trump's latest restrictions on NVIDIA and other chip suppliers?
What's the impact of Trump's latest restrictions on NVIDIA and other chip suppliers?

Portfolio Manager Richard Clode discusses President Trump’s latest semiconductor restrictions, which are advancing the shift towards AI chip deglobalisation.

26 February 2020
Markets fear a global coronavirus pandemic
Markets fear a global coronavirus pandemic

Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK-based Multi-Asset Team, considers the potential impact on global economic growth as concerns grow about the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus beyond China.

3 April 2025
Japanese equities: "Behind where people go, a way for a mountain of flowers"
Japanese equities: "Behind where people go, a way for a mountain of flowers"

Junichi Inoue, Head of Japanese Equities, is feeling hopeful. While cherry blossoms’ beauty may be fleeting, savvy investors are more likely to appreciate the perennial allure of Japanese stocks.

25 February 2020
Property: actively managing retail
Property: actively managing retail

Ainslie McLennan, Co-Manager of the Janus Henderson UK Property PAIF, explains why the UK commercial property investment team feel vindicated in moving early to diversify the portfolio away from traditional areas of the retail market.

2 April 2025
JH Explorer: A trip to India does not disappoint
JH Explorer: A trip to India does not disappoint

A team of Janus Henderson Portfolio Managers and Research Analysts share their insights from a recent trip to an ascendant India.

20 February 2020
Coronavirus contagion concerns
Coronavirus contagion concerns

Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK-based Multi-Asset Team, considers the potential impact of the Wuhan Novel Coronavirus from an asset allocation perspective. 

1 April 2025
Quick View: What investors should know from NVIDIA's GTC 2025
Quick View: What investors should know from NVIDIA's GTC 2025

Portfolio Manager Richard Clode discusses the key learnings from NVIDIA’s annual technology conference, a key event highlighting the rapid progression of the AI revolution, including opportunities created by agentic AI.

20 February 2020
Chinese PMI softening before virus hit
Chinese PMI softening before virus hit

Chinese recovery hopes were boosted by a rise in the Markit manufacturing PMI to a 35-month high in November. A post here in December linked the PMI pick-up to stronger real narrow money growth in early 2019. With money trends deteriorating from Q2, the suggestion was that the PMI would show renewed weakness in early 2020.

24 March 2025
The state of the energy transition: Where are we now?
The state of the energy transition: Where are we now?

While the politics of climate are changing, the prevailing trends continue to reveal significant investment opportunities in the energy transition, as outlined by Tal Lomnitzer.

30 January 2020
Multi-asset 2020 outlook: Climbing the wall of worry
Multi-asset 2020 outlook: Climbing the wall of worry

Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK Multi-Asset Team, considers whether or not markets can continue to defy gravity in 2020, as we move into a post-stimulus era.
 

24 March 2025
Quick View: NVIDIA still more boom than bust
Quick View: NVIDIA still more boom than bust

Portfolio Manager Richard Clode joined NVIDIA’s most recent earnings call. He highlights the main considerations for investors on the company, as well as the generative AI tech wave more broadly.

24 January 2020
US inventory cycle yet to bottom
US inventory cycle yet to bottom

The modest revival in the global manufacturing PMI in late 2019, on the view here, partly reflects a bottoming out of the global stockbuilding (inventory) cycle.

20 March 2025
Fact vs Fiction: Is the CLO market too concentrated?
Fact vs Fiction: Is the CLO market too concentrated?

There’s a misconception that the CLO market is heavily skewed towards a particular sector or region, concentrating risk. Portfolio Managers Denis Struc and Ian Bettney challenge this myth and demonstrate that its composition is actually advantageous.

20 January 2020
A "monetarist" perspective on current equity markets
A "monetarist" perspective on current equity markets

The baseline scenario in our previous quarterly commentary was that global economic momentum, having bottomed in Q3 2019, would remain weak in early 2020 before strengthening towards mid-year.

6 November 2024
Global small caps – no longer the ugly duckling
Global small caps – no longer the ugly duckling

As market dynamics shift and mega-cap tech companies show vulnerability, Portfolio Manager Nick Sheridan explores how global small caps, with their unique growth and diversification potential, are poised for a significant resurgence.