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06 Mar 2024

Markets In A Nutshell — For February 2024

Investors showered US stocks with love this Valentine’s month, spurning bonds. The US S&P 500 Index surged 5.2%, closing above the 5,000 level for the first time. The Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones indices also…

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06 Feb 2024

Markets In A Nutshell — For January 2024

January marked the beginning of a new year, but it did not herald a change in stock market momentum. US equity markets continued to defy gravity and the US S&P 500 Index again made new highs. Meanwhile, the Hang…

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16 Jan 2024

Tech Titans In Focus: Contrasting The US And Chinese Tech Markets

The US technology sector was on a tear last year. It dramatically outperformed the tech sectors of other markets, including the world’s second biggest tech market, China. In this article, Foord Global Equity Fund…

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16 Jan 2024

Delivering Safe Investment Returns In 2024

Despite the risks associated with expensive global share markets, the investment landscape still offers investors prospects for decent returns in 2024. Investment professional Linda Eedes writes that the global…

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16 Jan 2024

The Year in Review

After a very negative 2022 — when virtually all asset classes suffered in response to soaring inflation and rapidly rising interest rates — Foord’s investment team was not anticipating a bumper year last year.…

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09 Jan 2024

Markets in a Nutshell — For December 2023

Christmas came early for investors after US Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell gifted the markets a ‘dovish hold’. It was the biggest hint yet that the Fed could start to ease the squeeze by cutting interest rates…

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