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Market Week - Consumer spending in focus
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as economies start to re-open and Chinese shares show it can be better to travel than to arrive.
Week to test economies as lockdown lifts
Recent gains for markets mean much good news has been priced in
Market Week - Consumer spending in focus
In this week’s market update: all eyes are on consumer spending as economies re-open; the banks kick-start the first quarter earnings season; and Chinese shares show it can be better to travel than to arrive.
Where next for markets?
It’s Outlook time again
Investment Outlook
Each quarter Tom Stevenson, Investment Director at Fidelity Personal Investing, analyses global markets and the key asset classes to provide a unique outlook for the next 12 months.
Market Week Podcast - US stock market hits record highs
In this week’s market update: new market records as America’s post-pandemic boom begins; Britain starts to re-open its economy; and Europe looks through the latest Covid wave.
Boom time for stock markets as bonds left in the doldrums
Populist spending in the US is stoking inflationary forces
Investing in the post-lockdown recovery
Where are the investment opportunities as restrictions begin to ease?
Market Week Podcast - Shares enjoy their best 12 months since the 1930s
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as shares enjoy their best 12 months since the 1930s; but bonds are hit hard by inflation fears.
Investment opportunities after the pandemic
What have we learned and where do we go from here?
Covid: one year on
Investors look through the pandemic
Market Week - A year on from the pandemic
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead a year on from the pandemic low with the Deliveroo IPO highlighting one of the Covid winners.
Don’t blame young people for chasing get-rich-quick schemes
The stock market is the ultimate get-rich-slow machine
How to invest in the pandemic recovery
Is it time to look beyond the technology winners of last year?
Sustainable investing themes for 2021
Three areas of focus this year
How to inflation-proof your portfolio
Know how investments perform when prices rise
What the recent round of bond selloffs tells investors
Expect more of the same to come
Bond market lurch brings back painful memories
Bond market lurch brings back painful memories
Why bond yields are rising and what it means for share prices
Inflation expectations at the heart
Sector Watch - how to invest in commodities
It’s easier than you think
Market Week Podcast - Investors start to worry about inflation
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as investors start to worry about inflation and the dark side of ESG investing comes under scrutiny.
Smaller companies in the sun as vaccines roll out
Improving prospects for domestic economies is helping smaller firms
Eight lessons from a remarkable year
The past 12 months have provided more than its fair share of learnings
Market Week - Optimistic outlook push shares higher
In this week’s market update: shares push higher in a perfect storm of positives; the pound heads towards $1.40 on re-opening hopes.
Is this a new commodities “supercycle”?
Demand for raw materials is expected to rise as world economies recover
We may be at a crucial turning point for the markets
The green revolution to come will be intrinsically inflationary
Market Week - Investors focus on big US stimulus
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead for investors as investors focus on big US stimulus and earnings season picks up on the positive market mood.
Market Week Podcast - Retail investors take on Wall Street
In this week’s market update: there is no doubt about the big market story this week - the David and Goliath tale of retail investors taking on powerful Wall Street hedge funds and apparently winning - the first round at least.
The difference between investment and speculation
Slow down and take the long view
Do volatile markets signal a bumpy ride for investors in 2021?
Will market returns in January be a guide to the year ahead?
Market correction is coming, but investors should ride it out
When doing nothing is best
Should you be going for gold?
Gold will always have a part to play in a balanced portfolio
Market Week - Correction fears cloud the outlook
In this week’s market update: correction fears cloud the outlook; US politics gets back to normal as bi-partisan splits emerge on stimulus proposals; earnings season is in full swing; while over here Brexit is back on the radar.
Are the brakes on inflation about to be released?
What rising inflation could mean for your money
Is your glass half full or half empty?
How to have your cake and eat it
Will Biden unleash inflation?
The time to bolster your defences against future inflation is now
Market Week Podcast - China's growth returns to pre-pandemic levels
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead for investors with all eyes on Biden’s inauguration, while China’s growth returns to pre-pandemic levels.
Fidelity Select 50 Balanced Fund - three years on
Getting the balance right
What are bond yields telling us?
Treasury yields point to inflation and growth ahead
Investors should brace for even more unknown unknowns
Stock-picking will determine success or failure more than making big calls
Market Week Podcast - US in focus
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead for investors with the US in focus as the Trump presidency goes with a bang and earnings season begins.
Bitcoin: Have investors bitten off more than they can chew?
What you need to know about the cryptocurrency
What’s in store for investors in 2021?
The asset classes and sectors with most potential in the year ahead
Global markets hit new highs - what’s going on?
Markets continue to shrug off the bad and focus on the good
Investment Outlook 2021
Where to invest in the year ahead
Investment Outlook 2021 - Quarter 1
Lessons from the pandemic
Market Week Podcast - Investors in optimistic mood
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as investors head into the new year in optimistic mood on vaccine hopes and a Brexit deal secured.
Lessons to remember from a year to forget
2020 has been a valuable learning opportunity for investors
Looking back at 2020; where do we stand now?
What did we learn about investing this year?
Market Week - Brexit hopes offset Covid gloom
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead for investors as surging IPOs carry echoes of the dot.com bubble and Brexit hopes offset Covid gloom.
How a weak dollar could affect your investments
What can you do to make currency moves work for you?
Market Week Podcast - Brexit negotiations in focus
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead for investors as shares give back some of their recent gains as vaccine and Brexit optimism fades.
Commodities point to a strong recovery
Are hopes for a rapid return to normality justified?
Market Week Podcast - Global shares deliver record gains
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as global stock markets hit record gains in November and commodities also head for new highs.
Market Week Podcast - Vaccine news continues to boost markets
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as news of another vaccine boosts stock markets and Rishi Sunak spells out his spending priorities.
Who will be the Christmas retail winners?
Retailers prepare for an online Christmas
Fidelity Sustainable Reduced Carbon Bond Fund
Sustainable bond investing meets maximising returns
Market Week Podcast - Vaccine hope boosts markets
In this week’s market update: markets break out of their recent range on vaccine hopes; Brexit talks hit the final straight; and retail is in focus at the end of earnings season.
Market Week Podcast - Shares soar on vaccine hopes
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as shares soar on vaccine hopes, Joe Biden becomes President-elect and Brexit talks enters a crucial week.
The stocks to watch as vaccine breakthrough sparks surge
But they’re probably not the ones you’ve been banking on
Stock market gains make fools of forecasters
Pollsters - and stock market experts - are scratching their heads
In an unpredictable year, compromise is still certain
Making sense of the uncertainties we currently face
It’s Groundhog Day for oil prices as investors prepare for further lockdowns
But there are key differences this time round
Market Week Podcast - Investors focus on a tight US election
In this week’s market update: the point of maximum uncertainty as investors focus on a tight US election, widespread lockdowns in Europe, volatile markets, central bank meetings and third quarter earnings season.
Will October blues be swept away by Christmas?
Now is not the time to lose your nerve
Keeping calm on Super Thursday
How to stay cool in volatile markets
Market Week Podcast - All eyes on the US election and earnings season results
In this week’s market update: the last days before a watershed US Presidential election; earnings season serves up a torrent of big company results; and the first sign of whether the US economy bounced back in the third quarter.
Fidelity Sustainable Water and Waste Fund
‘A different way of looking at the world’
Dividends are down but not out
Is it all bad news for income investors?
Why doing nothing could be the best investment decision
Second-guessing an outcome could be a fool’s game
Will 2021 be the year for value investors?
Clue: maybe
Volatility: it’s that time of year again
October looks like living up to its usual reputation
Investment Outlook 2020 - Quarter 4
What next on the radar after Covid?
Market Week - Earnings season gets underway
In this week’s market update: stocks rally on hopes for post-election stimulus; earnings season gets underway.
What investing questions are on your mind?
What investing questions are on your mind?
Will earnings justify the V-shaped market recovery?
What can investors expect this October?
Making sense of 2020 in three graphs
How to understand this strangest of years
The questions every investor wants answered
With questions mounting on everything from Covid to Brexit, Trump to China; it’s time for some answers
Market Week - Stocks rise on further stimulus hopes
In this week’s market update: all eyes on the US after the President tests positive for Covid.
Market week - crunch time begins for US & UK
In this week’s market update: shares rebound after the worst week in three months; the US election looms over Wall Street; while on this side of the pond, it’s all about Brexit.
Three funds for alternative assets
Three Select 50 choices for incorporating alternative assets into your portfolio
Market week - new lockdown fears
In this week’s market update: shares retreat on new lockdown fears; but higher prices encourage more companies to float their shares; and can the precious metals rally continue?
Three Select 50 funds for value investors
Portfolios for contrarian thinkers
Market Week - Thoughts on the tech stock correction
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead giving some thoughts on the tech stock correction and the new prime minister of Japan.
Why “sell in May” didn’t work this year
Investors who “sold in May” would have missed a remarkable recovery
Which businesses will adapt best to the new normal?
Why stock picking matters in this environment more than ever
Why I’m not putting all my eggs in the tech basket
The time to diversify is often when you don’t want to
Market Week - US shares hit new highs
In this week’s market update: The S&P hits a new high but it’s a worryingly narrow rally; dividends suffer their worst fall since 2009; and central banks gather for a virtual Jackson Hole summit.
What could go right?
Reasons to be cheerful about markets
Gold is once more the glittering prize
Is 2020 the new 1979?
Markets weather the earnings storm
Are stock markets reasonably valued at the moment?
Why gold is rising and what you should do now
Here’s what drives the gold price
Market Week Podcast - Q2 earnings beat expectations
In this week’s market update: stocks hold on as some evidence emerges of economic recovery and second quarter earnings beat expectations; high yield bonds complete their best month since 2011; and gold heads further into uncharted territory.
Why diversification matters now more than ever
Investment strategies for uncertain times
Market Week Podcast - Gold hits record high
In this week’s market update: Gold hits record highs, earnings updates come in from the big players in Silicon Valley and we wait to hear detail on the cost of removing Huawei from the UK’s 5G network.
Gold in the sweet spot as shares wobble
The week has seen a retreat to the haven metal
Market Week Podcast - Stock markets tread water
In this week’s market update: markets tread water as investors watch the economic data and wait for the Presidential election; UK dividends plunge in the second quarter as companies conserve cash; and earnings season gets into full swing.
Three questions investors are asking us right now
We asked for your questions - and you didn’t hold back
Colchester Global Bond
A medium-term, value-based approach to government bonds
Select 50: funds for a global approach
Three ways (and six funds) to invest around the world
Investment Outlook 2020 - Quarter 3
Attention shifts to the shape of the recovery
Investment Outlook: what shape the recovery?
Where markets go next after the rebound
Investment Outlook: what you’re asking us
The latest Quarterly Investment Outlook from Fidelity is out and, as is now traditional, we have asked you to submit your questions to the Outlook’s author, Tom Stevenson.
Market Week Podcast - Investors brace for second quarter earnings
In this week’s market update: Investors brace for the key second quarter earnings season; central bank meetings and economic announcements vie for attention in a busy week ahead; and markets prepare for life under Biden.
Fast forward to the future
Ten ways in which the pandemic has brought forward change
Market Week - Chinese share bounce on recovery hopes
In this week’s market update: Chinese shares bounce on recovery hopes; fresh economic data points to strong pent up demand; and Wall Street starts to price in a Biden presidency
Who do markets want to win the US election?
In this week’s podcast we look ahead to the 2020 Presidential election later this year.
2020 mid-year market review
Where next for investors this year?
Is Value finally making a comeback?
Unloved stocks sit at historically low levels
Market Week - Shares end a remarkable quarter in nervous fashion
In this week’s market update: shares end a remarkable quarter in nervous fashion; while attention shifts as the second half gets under way to Brexit and the US election.
On 25 June 2020 - Global shares: Financials lead US higher; Europe up on ECB move; Asia mixed
Banks rise on rollback of Volcker rule restrictions but Covid cases in focus
On 24 June 2020 - Global shares: US, Europe drop on trade, virus worries; Asia mixed
Reopening narrative set back as Covid cases rise in US
On 23 June 2020 - US, Europe, Asia better on US-China trade reassurance, economic data
Tech, FAANGs continue recent advance
On 22 June 2020 - Tech leads US higher; Europe, Asia off on virus worries
Market eyes accelerating Covid-19 cases in US
Market Week- Shares are heading for their best quarter in 10 years
In this week’s market update: shares are heading for their best quarter in ten years despite recent worries about both the pandemic and trade
On 19 June 2020 - US off as pandemic worries resume; Europe, Asia up
Uptick in Covid-19 cases and Apple stores closing in focus
On 18 June 2020 - US flat; Europe, Asia off as pandemic worries continue
Rising Covid-19 numbers raise doubts over delayed economic recovery
On 17 June 2020 - US retreats on valuation warning; Europe better; Asia mixed
Pundit Jeremy Grantham warns of US equity bubble
How to navigate volatile markets
What’s driving share prices and what to do about it
On 16 June 2020 - US, Europe, Asia rally on hopes for more stimulus
Market keys on report Trump administration to back $1 trillion infrastructure plan
On 15 June 2020 - US up after Fed launches corporate bond buying; Europe, Asia off on virus concern
Markets cautious before Powell appearance scheduled Tuesday
Who will win the investment tug of war?
Central bank stimulus fights economic reality
Market Week: Volatility returns
In this week’s market update: Volatility returns to stock markets as stimulus battles with poor news-flow; and economies try to get back to work after a heavy economic hit in April.
On 12 June 2020 - US recovers on dip-buying, Europe firms, Asia soft
Uncertain economic outlook dampens multi-month rally from March lows
Reality check for the Covid-19 rally
Suspension of disbelief in markets appears to have broken
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On 11 June 2020 - US, Europe, Asia plunge on pandemic, economic worries
Risk-off returns on rising US virus cases, poor economic outlook from Fed
Market volatility: what to do now
How should investors react as volatility reappears?
Why you must shield your long-term goals from short-term fear
The current volatility is unfortunate but expected
On 10 June 2020 - US, Europe weaker as value stocks retreat; Asia flat
Covid-19 worries hurt travel stocks; tech does better
Fidelity Select 50 Balanced Fund
Tom Stevenson interviews the fund’s manager Ayesha Akbar
On 9 June 2020 - US, Europe retreat from recent gains; Asia mixed
Cyclicals reverse course as worries resurface over pandemic effects
Market Week - Shares rally as investors see the glass as half full
In this podcast Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the week ahead for global stockmarkets, which have rallied on the back of positive US job news.
Fidelity Select 50 Balanced Fund
One fund with access to our favourite investments
On 8 June 2020 - US extends rally on recovery hopes; Europe soft; Asia firm
US market upbeat on re-openings, stimulus, better corporate outlook
On 5 June 2020 - US, Europe surge on US employment surprise; Asia firms
Risk-on rally continues as jobs report feeds recovery narrative
On 4 June 2020 - US, Europe flat to lower as rally pauses; Asia mixed
Market eyes US jobs report, cautious after big gains
On 3 June 2020 - US, Europe, Asia rally as market sees recovery, reopenings
Investors hopeful data releases signal global revival
On 2 June 2020 - US gains; Europe rallies on stimulus hopes; Asia up
Germany leads Europe higher on subsidies for automakers, Lufthansa
A second bite of the cherry
The rally has given investors another chance to Covid-proof their portfolio
On 1 June 2020 - Stocks up on Phase One Relief; Social Unrest Holds Back US
Trump's Move on Friday Helps Shares on Monday
Opportunity abounds for those on the hunt for the new normal
The shares feeding the appetites of opportunity-hungry investors
Market Week: Markets shrug off trade wars and focus on recovery
In this week’s market update: markets shrug off US-China row and focus on Covid recovery hopes; Citi warns that markets are out of line with reality; and Brexit is back in focus.
On 29 May 2020 - US flat to higher post-Trump; Europe, Asia down on US-China worry
Trump talk on China not as militant as market feared
One-year returns turn positive - who’s celebrating?
Markets levels are being held up by a small group of tech giants
On 28 May 2020 - US eases late on China worry; Europe up on reopening hopes; Asia gains
Health care stocks better in US hours
Mixed outlook for global dividends
Active stock selection will be key this year
On 27 May 2020 - US, Europe up again on reopening hopes; Asia mixed
Rotation continues into US value shares
The challenges facing markets (that aren’t Covid-19)
This week, with Coronavirus the only news story in town right now, what have investors been taking their eyes off during the pandemic?
On 26 May 2020 - US, Europe, Asia rally on reopening news, vaccine hopes
Novovax the latest biotech to begin human trials for vaccine
Market Week: Shares continue to rally on lockdown easing hopes
In this week’s market update: Shares continue to rally on hopes for lockdown easing; investors focus on life after the crisis; and what did we learn from first quarter earnings?
On 25 May 2020 - Global markets rose on thin trading
The US market was closed on Monday for Memorial Day, while the UK market was shut for a Spring Bank holiday. European and Asian markets advanced in thin trading.
Covid is not the only crisis in town, here are six others
Looking beyond the pandemic
On 22 May 2020 - US flat to higher on vaccine headlines; Europe steady; Asia off on China news
Worries rise about US-China disputes
On 21 May 2020 - US, Europe off on economic weakness, China discord; Asia, soft
Disastrous economic reports show big hit from virus
On 20 May 2020 - US rises again on vaccine hopes; Europe, Asia better
Risk assets up on oil price gain, Facebook online shopping news
Who should pay the Coronavirus bill?
This week we’re taking the pulse of ordinary investors with the first results of Fidelity’s Investor Survey for 2020.
Investors focus on longer-term as pandemic uncertainty continues
Fidelity Investor Survey shows wider economy is biggest concern
On 19 May 2020 - US weaker on vaccine doubts; Europe off; Asia gains
Optimism fades on near-term recovery
On 18 May 2020 - US, Europe rally on vaccine news, recovery hopes; Asia gains
Risk-on returns after biotech Moderna reports positive results in small vaccine trial
Virus may kickstart a new era of global inflation
Outbreak has sped up changes probably already on their way
Be cautious about the recovery
There are still big hurdles to overcome
Market Week - Shares and oil rise as lockdowns start to ease
In this week’s market update: Shares and oil rise as lockdowns start to ease and gold hits a seven year high as inflation fears return
On 15 May 2020 - US, Europe flat to higher on recovery hopes; Asia firms
Return of US-China trade dispute caps gains
The Fed plays guardian angel again
Questions about central bank independence set aside for now
There will be three pillars to the post-coronavirus economy
What might this new order look like?
Tom Stevenson's Market Week - 5 May 2020
In this week’s market update: May brings a new note of caution; and the medical crisis eases but economic news is still grim.
Not business as usual
What new headwinds to corporate earnings could we expect?
Investment Outlook 2020 - Quarter 2
Never before has the outlook changed so dramatically or so quickly
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If you’re too time-poor to invest, put your money in the hands of a professional
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