Jupiter

9 February 2022
Notes from the Investment Floor: The central banking pantomime
Notes from the Investment Floor: The central banking pantomime

Ned Naylor-Leyland comments on the dynamics in monetary metals markets, as a central banking pantomime has so far had a suppressing effect on gold and silver prices.

7 February 2022
Webcast: An Early View of 2022
Webcast: An Early View of 2022

Richard Buxton in his first webcast of the year shares his outlook on markets, the economy and UK large-cap stocks.

2 December 2021
European outlook: four megathemes
European outlook: four megathemes

Mark Heslop and Mark Nichols, Fund Managers, European Growth, look beyond 2022, considering some of the longer-term trends that are likely to impact investment performance.

25 November 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Flat Irn-Bru at COP26
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Flat Irn-Bru at COP26

The Jupiter Merlin team discuss the results of COP26, as well as the continuing struggles of central banks to frame policy regarding inflation.

26 November 2021
Methane Cut Pledge Is Big Boost for Transition to Net Zero
Methane Cut Pledge Is Big Boost for Transition to Net Zero

Jon Wallace discusses innovations in detecting methane and the importance of an agreement by major nations to reduce emissions of this harmful gas.

26 November 2021
Inflation can remain sticky for a while yet ... but not forever
Inflation can remain sticky for a while yet ... but not forever

Inflation remains transitory, but it’s putting central banks under pressure and at risk of making a policy mistake, says Ariel Bezalel, Head of Strategy, Fixed Income.

23 November 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Divisions between the White House and Fed
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Divisions between the White House and Fed

The Jupiter Merlin team discuss the policy landscape in the US, where the White House and the Federal Reserve seem at odds over how to deal with rising inflation.

22 November 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Net zero initiatives will touch every sector
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Net zero initiatives will touch every sector

As COP26 speeches end and the hard negotiating begins, the Jupiter Merlin team look at the as-yet unknown and unquantifiable consequences of these revolutionary times.

17 November 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Divisions between the White House and Fed
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Divisions between the White House and Fed

The Jupiter Merlin team discuss the policy landscape in the US, where the White House and the Federal Reserve seem at odds over how to deal with rising inflation.

17 November 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Net zero initiatives will touch every sector
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Net zero initiatives will touch every sector

As COP26 speeches end and the hard negotiating begins, the Jupiter Merlin team look at the as-yet unknown and unquantifiable consequences of these revolutionary times.

20 October 2021
UK Small & Mid Cap Equities: Alpha, IPOs and Disruptors
UK Small & Mid Cap Equities: Alpha, IPOs and Disruptors

There are many misconceptions about the equities market in smaller and midsize companies in the UK.

20 October 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: How to make a drama out of a crisis
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: How to make a drama out of a crisis

The Jupiter Merlin team discuss the UK’s fuel crisis, China’s economic slump, and central banks that have all their fingers crossed that they’re right about inflation.

26 September 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Macron goes nuclear over defence schism
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Macron goes nuclear over defence schism

In the wake of the Australian submarine row with France, the Jupiter Merlin team examines how schisms in the western defence alliances can have far-reaching consequences.

18 October 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Evolution or revolution in China?
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Evolution or revolution in China?

China’s re-socialisation: evolutionary or revolutionary? The Jupiter Merlin team analyses the bigger picture behind the Evergrande collapse.

14 October 2021
Inflation: demographics, narrative, and the snow globe economy
Inflation: demographics, narrative, and the snow globe economy

Inflation is the topic that has dominated the market discourse this year, and if anything that has only intensified in recent weeks. To discuss this topic, we brought together Ariel Bezalel (Head of Strategy, Fixed Income), Ned Naylor-Leyland (Head of Gold & Silver) and Talib Sheikh (Head of Strategy, Multi-Asset) to examine the implications for their asset classes.

10 September 2021
Will gold regain its lustre as stimulus kindles inflation hopes?
Will gold regain its lustre as stimulus kindles inflation hopes?

Ned Naylor-Leyland, Head of Strategy, Gold & Silver, says gold looks interesting at the moment as prices reign much below the peak seen a year ago amid uncertainty posed by new variants of coronavirus.

10 September 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: A catastrophic failure of Western policy
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: A catastrophic failure of Western policy

As tragic scenes unfold in Afghanistan, the Merlin team give their view on the causes and ramifications of this foreign policy failure for the US and its allies.

10 September 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Apocalypse Now?
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Apocalypse Now?

The recent ‘Code Red!’ IPCC climate change report raises many fundamental policy issues. The Jupiter Merlin team looks at the future, not least an impending ‘carbon climate compression clash’, and discusses how it approaches climate change pragmatically in its investments.

3 August 2021
Opportunities in impact investing for climate change
Opportunities in impact investing for climate change

Jon Wallace explains how the pace of action to halt climate change must step up dramatically and the challenges and investment opportunities that may result.

5 July 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Geopolitics and long-term risk
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Geopolitics and long-term risk

The Merlin team discuss geopolitics this week, as G7 leaders unveiled the “Build Back Better World” initiative and the Royal Navy entered disputed waters.