Global equity funds should offer investors the flexibility to navigate the variable headwinds 2019 has to offer, believes Darius McDermott, as he highlights three with varying levels of risk for advisers and clients to pick from
A month or so into the New Year and it feels as though markets are stuck in a holding pattern as we await the solutions to two key problems - the ongoing trade war between China and the US and the countdown to the UK leaving the European Union on 29 March. Indeed, the end of the first of quarter of this year looks likely to be a seminal moment for markets - the 90-day truce declared between US president Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping ends on 1 March. This, combined with Brexit, could give us key indicators for market movements for the rest of 2019 and beyond. Currently,...
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