Articles
10
Jan
Many are looking upon China to 'drag' the world economy out of the doldrums, however, data released on Thursday shows that China's exports and imports grew at their slowest pace in more than two years in December as foreign and domestic demand slowed.
Some argue that this, ultimately, is of benefit...
Euro Continues Decline – Should We Be Surprised?
08
Jan
The Euro continues to fall against the USD, however, should we be surprised? Not withstanding the issues surrounding the current Euro debt issues - currencies will often revert back to what is known as the PPP or 'Price Power Parity'.
In simple terms this is the buying power that one currency will have against...
Transferring Your Pensions Away from the UK? Is such a thing possible? It is with QROPS
30
Nov
Transferring Your Pensions Away from the UK? Is such a thing possible? It is with QROPS
On April 5th 2006 a brand new pension regime was introduced to the UK known as ‘A’ day. This new regime dramatically simplified the complex world of the UK pension which had impact on, not...
Modern Portfolio Theory In Action
30
Nov
Modern Portfolio Theory makes a preposition that diff assets move in different (some say opposing) directions particularly when markets experience periods of high volatility.
However during extreme periods of vol we will often see all assets move down in unison -e.g post 2008 crisis. However, once markets get over the shock...
Gold – Still time to get in on the rush?
31
Jul
George Soros, the famous hedge fund investor that famously bet against the pound in the 80’s wouldn’t say so. Earlier in the year the, much followed, market guru sold most of his fund’s gold holdings.
However, by Soros’ own admission he doesn’t have his ‘ear to the ground like he used to’. He...
Buyers leaving market…sell off likely
12
May
The number of buyers is being steadily squeezed which would indicate that there are only a few stocks which have been holding the market up over the last few weeks.
This is a, potentially, bearish sign. This has been steadily trending downwards for some months. Contact us today to understand how...
Gold? Can it keep going higher?? Probably, yes.
04
May
As fundumentalist investment managers (ie; basing our asset allocation strategies on facts rather than whimsical ideas) we are never ones to get on to an investment 'band wagon'.
However, despite the current high profile of the Gold story we are increasingly adding Gold to our clients investment portfolios. The article, below,...
Daily Mail Reports on Pension Crisis
04
May
The Daily Mail reports how hundreds of thousands of Britons expect to work into their 80's and beyond.
The question one must ask is why are so many coming into retirement with insufficient means? Very simply, people are failing to plan sufficiently well; in advance of their retirement. It is such a...
The Emerging, Emerging Markets. The ‘Next 11’
26
Feb
Everyone is familiar with the major emerging markets such as China, India, Brazil and Russia, however, there are a new set of emerging market contenders that are set to be the next 'bevy' of states where significant capital growth will be generated.
Within AES, we are strong advocates for making use...
Tax Efficient Investing
17
Feb
There is nothing wrong with structuring your investments in order that you minimise the tax paid on your investments.
Here, at AES, we specialise in putting together investment solutions for our clients that not only seek to generate significant capital growth - but to also reduce or, where possible, mitigate tax...