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    Healthcare could be one option in search for sectors with capacity to expand during 2020s

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
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    EM equities and currencies cited as favourite trades in monthly survey

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    The fairytale of market liquidity

    Repeated need for support from central banks at times of crisis highlights vulnerability of financial systems

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    Win-win arguments promoting both bigger profits and better social returns are illogical

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    Star funds have shrunk to a fraction of their former size

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    Low rates and lofty stocks offer case for alternatives

    New ways of thinking are needed to invest in pandemic-hit markets

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    Pension funds cannot afford not to buy more stocks

    The expected revival of inflation means equities need to be at the core of portfolios

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    Investors wonder if the 60/40 portfolio has a future

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