News & Updates
In our News & Updates section, we’ll keep you informed about what is happening at MeDirect Group. Through this section we also publish weekly market updates provided by well-established fund houses and other interesting financial reads. Make sure to visit often to keep yourself up to date.
Notes from the Trading Desk – Franklin Templeton
Last week global equities were weaker overall on what turned out to be a rather interesting week in terms of newsflow. The MSCI World Index finished down 1.5%, the S&P 500 Index was down 1.3%, the STOXX Europe 600 was down 1.2% and the MSCI Asia Pacific was down 2.3%. Headlines remain mixed as we progress towards some kind of loosening of the COVID-19 lockdowns.
BlackRock Commentary: Gauging the virus shock to economy
Global economic activity is being frozen to stem the coronavirus pandemic. Yet implications for asset prices will depend on the cumulative impact of the growth shortfall over time. BlackRock believe that policy actions to cushion the impact of virus shock are nothing short of a revolution.
Exploring Mutual Funds – Net Asset Value
A mutual fund’s price is calculated as its net asset value, or NAV. The NAV for a given mutual fund is the price of its assets (with all of its liabilities subtracted) divided by the number of shares.
Franklin Templeton Insights: Fixed income view – A crisis like no other
When times of turmoil hit, most investors become risk-averse, seeking safety over opportunity for higher returns. The coronavirus-driven crisis is no different in that regard. However, director of fixed income at Franklin Templeton, London, sees some striking differences between this and other crises.
Liontrust Insights: Italy in the lap of the rating gods
All major ratings agencies adopt a “rate through the cycle” approach. All agencies have also given implicit/explicit credit to euro issuers for being part of the EU and, to a greater or lesser extent, operated in the expectation that the EU will work to help any member state as long as that state tries to help itself.
Liontrust Insights: Weighing the debits and credits
Amid all the debate around the fallout from COVID-19, we have been surprised by how little we have seen about what the massive stimulus efforts actually mean against the potential economic destruction caused by the virus.
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