Part of whats helping the market is that investor expectations onearnings are generally not so high, said Frances Hudson, a global thematic strategist at Standard Life Investments in Edinburgh. Retail sales will be an important indicator tomorrow, as the U.S. consumer has been stalwart to the e
Date: May 12, 2016
Category: Business
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Gold sinks nearly 3% to 3-mth lows after US jobs data
An increase in US interest rates would further boost the value of the dollar, in turn hurting demand for non-interest-bearing assets such as gold. "The market may be reading too much into one data release,"said Frances Hudson, global thematic strategist at Standard Life Investments in Edinburgh. "Wh
More drilling and geological analysis will be needed before a reliable estimate can be tallied for the size of the oil resources in the Universitetskaya area and the Russian Arctic as a whole, said Frances Hudson, a global thematic strategist who helps manage $305 billion at Standard Life Investment
Date: Sep 28, 2014
Category: Business
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Speculators lower gold bull wagers on rate outlook
The safe-haven aspects of gold demand particularly relate to the Middle East, Frances Hudson, an Edinburgh-based global thematic strategist at Standard Life Investments Ltd., which oversees $333.6 billion, said Aug. 22. Political risk remains high, but its stabilized at a high level.
Date: Aug 24, 2014
Category: Business
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US Stock Futures Little Changed Before Economic Reports
Things are starting to look a little tired, Frances Hudson, a strategist at Standard Life Investments Ltd., whichoversees $294 billion, said by telephone from Edinburgh. Themixed picture in earnings gives you a sense of that, while onthe macro side, the economy does seem to be improving, altho
Date: May 22, 2014
Category: Business
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US Stock-Index Futures Rise as BlackBerry Advances in Germany
Even when the economic data hasnt been terribly good,that just pushes the tapering of quantitative easing furtheraway, which means there will be more of this free money floatingfor longer, Frances Hudson, who helps oversee about $278billion as Edinburgh-based strategist at Standard LifeInves
Date: Nov 04, 2013
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Hedge Funds Cut Bets to '09 Low as Goldman Says Buy: Commodities
In the past couple of years everyone had beenenthusiastic about commodities being the diversifying risktrade, and that seems to have changed, said Frances Hudson,who helps manage about $263.9 billion of assets as a strategistat Standard Life Investments in London. Also, the dollar hasbeen pl
Date: Mar 10, 2013
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European Stocks Pare Losses as Insurers, Utilities Gain
Stocks were off to the races at the beginning of the yearand it was too much to be sustainable, Frances Hudson, whohelps manage about $248 billion as a strategist at Standard LifeInvestments in London, said in a Bloomberg Television interviewwith Francine Lacqua. Having a nice pause to consol