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Doves In Hawk Clothing
When the time comes, will central banks prioritise employment or inflation?
Peter Elston
Dec 14, 20226 min read
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Naughty Auntie
Irresponsible reporting about real wage growth by the BBC encourages public sector workers to strike
Peter Elston
Nov 16, 20223 min read
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When the Fun Stops...
How can young people be helped to reach this epiphany sooner?
Peter Elston
Oct 1, 20213 min read
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Why I'm Most Negative on US
The last two equity bear markets - in 2001/2 and 2008/9 - saw rolling three year returns from global equities at their trough hit -45 and...
Peter Elston
Jun 1, 20193 min read
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Is a Recession Imminent?
This month, I write about our funds’ current (tactical) asset allocation positioning in the context of my macro outlook and market views....
Peter Elston
Feb 1, 20198 min read
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Advice for the Asset Allocator
I think I have one of the best jobs in the world: essentially, to predict the future – the future course of, for example, inflation and...
Peter Elston
Jan 1, 20193 min read
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2019 Investment Outlook
From Seneca Investment Managers' public marketing material. Seneca is now part of Momentum Global Investment Management. 2018 was looking...
Peter Elston
Jan 1, 20197 min read
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Review and Outlook
Equity markets were generally strong in July, as investors appeared to shrug off fears of a global trade war. US and Eurozone equities...
Peter Elston
Aug 1, 20184 min read
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Monthly Review and Outlook
February will be remembered for the sharp fall in equity markets across the world at the beginning of the month. Our view was at the time...
Peter Elston
Mar 1, 20183 min read
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Macro and Markets Monthly
From an economic perspective, November was in many respects a repeat of October. On the whole, macro data supported our belief that...
Peter Elston
Dec 1, 20174 min read
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How to Protect your Portfolio
My framework for thinking about asset allocation and thus portfolio protection is based around business cycle analysis. It is well...
Peter Elston
Aug 1, 20173 min read
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Inflation Watch
Core inflation rates in the developed world have been fairly stable in recent months at around the 1.3% per annum level (see Chart 1)....
Peter Elston
Jun 1, 20162 min read
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Where's My Cycle?
An update on where I think we are in the business cycle with respect to growth, inflation and markets


Correlation or causation?
Data is too often presented in an unfair, unclear and misleading way


Dear John
Liontrust's John Husselbee's arguments in support of balanced funds are lame
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