When investing, it’s easy to follow a direct approach, only focusing on what’s currently performing well and ignoring everything else. Looking beyond our limited perspectives can allow us to uncover comparatively favorable opportunities, such as the abundant potential of investing in international and emerging markets.
In the first commentary of the year, we discuss key developments that will be influencing the markets around the globe in 2021.
We discuss some reasons why we believe the luxury goods sector is, and will continue to be, important for investors, despite impacts of COVID-19 or the U.S. election.
It is not often that the election of a U.S. president is eclipsed in the news cycle. Today, however, exactly that has happened as news of efficacy results from Phase III of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine swept the globe.
Emmanuel Macron made history on Sunday, May 7th, becoming the youngest president of France. We discuss our investment position leading up to the French elections and what we're looking at next.
With the Brexit vote a week away, markets have already begun reacting to their fear of uncertainty. In this blog, we discuss what we do know about the Brexit and how we're positioned for it.
Greek voters delivered an overwhelming "no" vote to the proposed terms of a bailout by the Euro Zone; the markets are showing continued volatility, and are subject to extreme headline risk; and ultimately, a recession in Europe is in question.
Changes in the European telecom industry has benefited the big players, turning them from purported losers into clear winners - and McLean & Partners' International Strategy holds two of the biggest beneficiaries of this transformation.
Over the weekend, news poured in regarding the intensification of the crisis in Greece, and the headlines have continued into this week. EU-Greece talks were called off on Friday when the Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, abruptly announced that a national referendum will be held on Sunday, July 5th to decide whether Greece should accept the terms of the new bailout program.
Given some recent news, investors seeking diversification outside of Canada may want to consider Europe as a market worth having exposure to.