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Are the brakes on inflation about to be released?
What rising inflation could mean for your money
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 22 Jan 2021
A rising pound can be good and bad news
How I learned to stop worrying and love currency movements
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 22 Jan 2021
Market Week - China's growth returns to pre-pandemic levels
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 19 Jan 2021
Will Biden unleash inflation?
The time to bolster your defences against future inflation is now
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 19 Jan 2021
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 19 Jan 2021
Investors should brace for even more unknown unknowns
Stock-picking will determine success or failure more than making big calls
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 12 Jan 2021
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 12 Jan 2021
Global markets hit new highs - what’s going on?
Markets continue to shrug off the bad and focus on the good
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 08 Jan 2021
Sustainable fund picks
How ESG underpins our fund choices in 2021
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 08 Jan 2021
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 07 Jan 2021
Investment Outlook 2021
Where to invest in the year ahead
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 07 Jan 2021
What Georgia means for investing in the US
Democratic Senate changes the landscape for Biden’s presidency
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 06 Jan 2021
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 05 Jan 2021
Looking back at 2020; where do we stand now?
What did we learn about investing this year?
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 18 Dec 2020
Airbnb: echoes of the dotcom bubble?
Four lessons to learn from the Airbnb flotation
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 15 Dec 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 15 Dec 2020
How a weak dollar could affect your investments
What can you do to make currency moves work for you?
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 11 Dec 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 08 Dec 2020
Fund picks for 2021
Sustainability, income and valuation in focus
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 04 Dec 2020
Tesla and 2020 - two peas in an (electric) pod
Inclusion on the S&P 500 tops off a stellar year for the company
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 03 Dec 2020
Six forces that will shape the year ahead for investors
Prepare for shifts in asset class, regional allocation and investment styles
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 01 Dec 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 01 Dec 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 24 Nov 2020
Who will be the Christmas retail winners?
Retailers prepare for an online Christmas
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 20 Nov 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 17 Nov 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 10 Nov 2020
Stock market gains make fools of forecasters
Pollsters - and stock market experts - are scratching their heads
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 09 Nov 2020
What does the US election mean for investors?
Markets come to terms with new realities both sides of the Atlantic
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 06 Nov 2020
US election: gridlock
What does a divided government mean for investors?
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 05 Nov 2020
US election: still waiting
Indecisive vote leaves investors in limbo
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 04 Nov 2020
What markets do and don’t know after the 2020 US election
This week, we are, like you, digesting a US presidential election that is yet to be decided. Markets, however, are already reacting to what they know and that’s our focus today.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Nov 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 03 Nov 2020
Market hopes in hands of the FAANGs
This week, it’s a big week for the biggest companies in the world. The giants of US tech are updating investors on their performance, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 30 Oct 2020
Big Tech profits soar but stocks stumble - who should you believe?
US tech earnings top off a turbulent week for markets
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 30 Oct 2020
Expect more spending whatever the result of the US election
Can the V-shape market recovery continue?
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 27 Oct 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 27 Oct 2020
Investor hopes in the hands of the FAANGs
It’s a big week for tech - and markets everywhere
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 26 Oct 2020
Market Week - China's recovery continues
In this week’s market update: China’s recovery continues, if slightly slower than expected
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 21 Oct 2020
Is William Hill playing a winning hand in the US?
The agreed bid could spell big things stateside for the UK bookie
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 15 Oct 2020
Investment Outlook 2020 - Quarter 4
What next on the radar after Covid?
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 14 Oct 2020
Quarterly Outlook Special: what you’re asking us
The latest Quarterly Investment Outlook from Fidelity Personal Investing is out and, as is now traditional, we have asked you to submit your questions to the Outlook’s author, Tom Stevenson.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 14 Oct 2020
Investing is a one-decision game this earnings season
The divergence between the economy’s winners and losers will continue in Q3
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 13 Oct 2020
Big Tech valuations leave investors asking the same questions
How to make sense of sky-high tech valuations
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 13 Oct 2020
Market Week - Earnings season gets underway
In this week’s market update: stocks rally on hopes for post-election stimulus; earnings season gets underway.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 13 Oct 2020
Will earnings justify the V-shaped market recovery?
What can investors expect this October?
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 09 Oct 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 06 Oct 2020
Tech poised to bounce back after falls?
Each stumble for tech has been followed by a strong recovery - so far
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 05 Oct 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 29 Sep 2020
Are the latest tech IPOs worth the hype?
A recent rush prompts the biggest year for IPOs since 2014
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 25 Sep 2020
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?
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 22 Sep 2020
What happens to investment returns when inflation falls?
How to be prepared for changes in inflation
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 18 Sep 2020
Interest rates to stay lower for longer
Central banks have changed their priorities
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 17 Sep 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 15 Sep 2020
Tech funds beyond the FAANGs
Tech is here to stay - so where do the next best opportunities lie?
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 10 Sep 2020
Market Week - Volatility spikes higher
In this week’s market update: there’s a spike in volatility as big derivatives bets on tech stocks are uncovered.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 09 Sep 2020
Why the tech correction is good for your portfolio
A small slide now could avoid a bigger slump later
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 09 Sep 2020
What a stronger pound means for your investments
Who are the winners and losers when the pound strengthens?
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 04 Sep 2020
Tech party paused for Musk & co.
Sector dragged lower on recovery uncertainty
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Sep 2020
Market Week - UK housing market in focus
In this week’s market update: The UK housing market is in focus; employment figures are due on both sides of the Atlantic; and is the Chancellor looking for ways to claw back the cost of Covid rescue measures?
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 02 Sep 2020
Tech is dragging the market to new levels - is that a problem?
This week, with the US stock market now having fully recovered its losses since the outbreak of Covid-19, we’re taking a look at what’s driven that recovery - and why new dangers are emerging.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 27 Aug 2020
Why a stronger pound is really a weaker dollar
….and what it means for your portfolio
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 26 Aug 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 25 Aug 2020
The lesson at the core of Apple’s gravity-defying rise
As Apple hits a $2trn valuation the need to stay diversified is apparent
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 20 Aug 2020
Why the S&P500 has hit a new record
Wall Street’s benchmark only tells half the story
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 19 Aug 2020
Market Week - US stocks flirt with new highs
In this week’s market update: US stocks flirt with a new record high on the back of Chinese stimulus; investors shrug off plunging Japanese economic activity
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 18 Aug 2020
Market Week Podcast - US/China tensions heighten
In this week’s market update: in a quiet August week for company and economic news.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 11 Aug 2020
Markets weather the earnings storm
Are stock markets reasonably valued at the moment?
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 07 Aug 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 04 Aug 2020
JPM US Equity Income Fund
Quality matched with consistency
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 03 Aug 2020
Is Big Tech here to stay?
A big week for the FAANGs has prompted questions over their future
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 31 Jul 2020
The potential cost of the failure to find a Covid vaccine
AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline in a race to develop world-changing Covid vaccine
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 29 Jul 2020
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.
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 28 Jul 2020
JPM US Select Fund
‘All about good old-fashioned stock selection’
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 27 Jul 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 22 Jul 2020
Netflix’s outlook spooks investors
Streaming service warns of new subscriber slowdown
Jonathan Wright Fidelity Personal Investing - 17 Jul 2020
Three questions investors are asking us right now
We asked for your questions - and you didn’t hold back
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 16 Jul 2020
Investment Outlook 2020 - Quarter 3
Attention shifts to the shape of the recovery
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 15 Jul 2020
Investment Outlook: what shape the recovery?
Where markets go next after the rebound
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 15 Jul 2020
Wall Street’s recovery stalls as Covid and election loom
November’s Presidential election is preying on investors’ minds
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 14 Jul 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 14 Jul 2020
All eyes on US earnings season
Covid consequences in black and white
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 10 Jul 2020
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
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 07 Jul 2020
2020 mid-year market review
Where next for investors this year?
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 01 Jul 2020
European shares preferred over slowing US market
Infections cloud outlook in America
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 01 Jul 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 30 Jun 2020
Investors wait for pandemic’s next move
Market levels boil down to a single question - will Covid-19 go away, or not?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 29 Jun 2020
Biden vs. Trump: the economic battleground
Permutation of the US election make betting on one result a high-risk game
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 25 Jun 2020
New virus fears lead market swings
US lockdown easing could be stalled
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 25 Jun 2020
Monks Investment Trust PLC
A diversified approach to growth
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 24 Jun 2020
Obsessing over shape of recovery misses two key points
When will be back to business as usual?
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 23 Jun 2020
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
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 23 Jun 2020
Three funds for mid-size companies
Medium is beautiful
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 22 Jun 2020
US retail sales hit record rebound
But businesses aren’t out of the woods yet
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 17 Jun 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 16 Jun 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 10 Jun 2020
Coronavirus has spawned two stock markets
Years of technological change have been compressed into months
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 09 Jun 2020
US stocks recoup losses for the year
Major indices boosted by Fed stimulus
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 09 Jun 2020
Select 50 fund removals
Latest changes to the Fidelity list
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 05 Jun 2020
When Wall Street wakes up to Main Street
Navigating the disconnect
Paras Anand Chief Investment Officer, Asia Pacific - 03 Jun 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 02 Jun 2020
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?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 28 May 2020
The Fed plays guardian angel again
Questions about central bank independence set aside for now
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 18 May 2020
Market Week - Investors question the speed of recovery
In this week’s market update: Markets pause as investors question the speed of recovery; US jobs data confirm the depth of the economic plunge; and rising trade tensions remind us that pre-Corona issues have not gone away.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 12 May 2020
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.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 06 May 2020
Buffett's dilemma in the face of uncertainty
Buffet confounded for now, but still upbeat on “American miracle”
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 May 2020
Tom Stevenson's Market Week - 28 April 2020
In this week’s market update: Shares continue to rise on stimulus and lockdown exit hopes; a flood of corporate announcements shines a light on the earnings outlook; a number of key central banks hold rate-setting meetings and other news creeps back.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 29 Apr 2020
Investment Outlook 2020 - Quarter 2
Never before has the outlook changed so dramatically or so quickly
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 15 Apr 2020
Tom Stevenson's Market Week - 15 April 2020
In this week’s market update: Earnings season starts to shine a light on how Covid-19 will hit profits; the pre-Easter market rally holds for now; but oil fails to respond to big cuts in global production.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 15 Apr 2020
Tom Stevenson's Market Week - 7 April 2020
In this week’s market update: Shares rally on hopes that we have passed peak infection in Europe; oil ministers gather to discuss the massive over-supply of crude; and dividends could take nine years to recover.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 07 Apr 2020
Tom Stevenson's Market Week - 31 March 2020
In this week’s market update: Markets stabilise as investors warm to massive co-ordinated stimulus; but the oil price tumbles as Saudi Arabia continues to pump in the face of falling demand; and safe-haven gold is back in favour.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 31 Mar 2020
What does history tell us about markets like these?
Lessons learned from the past
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 20 Mar 2020
What next for the world’s economies and markets?
Assessing the impact of recent market falls
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 13 Mar 2020
Opportunities in today’s uncertain markets
Stock markets are better value than a month ago
Graham Smith Market Commentator - 06 Mar 2020
The final countdown to the UK’s EU exit
The 47 year relationship ends at 11pm tonight
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 31 Jan 2020
Investment Outlook 2020 - Quarter 1
New year, new decade. What comes next?
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 08 Jan 2020
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