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Goldilocks, The Inflation Bear and a Stock Market Correction

The world economy is currently enjoying a “Goldilocks” phase with growth that is not too hot to fan the flames of inflation but also not too cold to damage corporate profitability.

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Category: Business, Financial Planning, Investment management, Thought pieces

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The Power of Hindsight and Foresight in Financial Markets

Forewarned is to be forearmed, or so they say, but prior knowledge of the political outcomes in recent years would have been almost useless to most investors.

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Category: Financial Planning, Investment management, Thought pieces

Notebook Clarion meeting minutes

The Clarion Investment Committee Minutes – 10th January 2018

As this was the first Investment Committee Meeting of 2018, the Committee felt it would be useful to review the major global developments of 2017.

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Category: Financial Planning, Investment management

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Uncertainty Equals Opportunity

Brexit negotiations are in full swing and the British Government has now agreed to honour all of its financial obligations to the European Union (EU).

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Category: Investment management, Thought pieces

Notebook Clarion meeting minutes

The Clarion Investment Committee Minutes – 6th December

There is a sense of a continuation of the goldilocks scenario as investors look forward to 2018. Growth momentum that has built over the course of 2017 is expected to continue across most economies, providing a supportive backdrop for risk assets.

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Notebook Clarion meeting minutes

The Clarion Investment Committee Minutes – 8th November

The Clarion Investment Committee (IC) met on 8 November 2017 to review the performance and composition of the Clarion Portfolio Funds.

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30 Years on since Black Monday

In stock market terms, Black Monday refers to 19th October 1987 when stock markets around the world crashed losing huge value in a very short space of time.

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Category: Business, Investment management, Thought pieces

Notebook Clarion meeting minutes

The Clarion Investment Committee Minutes – 4th October

The Clarion Investment Committee (IC) met on 04 October 2017 to review the performance and composition of the Clarion Portfolio Funds. A summary of the Committee’s deliberations is detailed below. Economic Outlook The Committee discussed an overview of the global economic environment the key elements of which were as follows: The ‘Goldilocks’ economy—not too hot […]

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Notebook Clarion meeting minutes

The Clarion Investment Committee Minutes

The Clarion Investment Committee (IC) met on 13 September 2017 to review the performance and composition of the Clarion Portfolio Funds. A summary of the Committee’s deliberations is detailed below.  Economic Outlook  The Committee discussed an overview of the global economic environment the key elements of which were as follows; Previous committee comments regarding the Trump infrastructure […]

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Category: Investment management

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