AUTHOR
Marina Gerner
Marina has a PhD in globalisation and the media from the London School of Economics, where she worked as a teaching assistant on the MSc Global Media. In 2014 she was invited to be a visiting scholar at Columbia University's sociology department in New York.
She has written for the Economists’ Intelligent Life magazine, the Financial Times, the Times Literary Supplement, and Standpoint magazine in the UK; the New York Observer in the US; and die Bild and Frankfurter Rundschau in Germany. She is trilingual and lives in London. She writes features and is the markets editor at MoneyWeek..
Germany’s equity culture recovers
Stockmarkets
Germany’s equity culture recovers
Many Germans burnt their fingers badly in the stockmarket in the late 1990s, and have continued to be wary of equities. But now, lousy returns on savi…
26 Apr 2019
What next for Indonesia?
Economy
What next for Indonesia?
The Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, has won a second five-year term. Global investors will be watching him carefully.
26 Apr 2019
Global equities rally has room to run
Stockmarkets
Global equities rally has room to run
The rally in global equities may have further to go as investors return to the market.
26 Apr 2019
China’s economy is moving up a gear
Economy
China’s economy is moving up a gear
Last year, China’s economy suffered from the trade war with the US and the stockmarket was slumping. So Beijing decided to switch gears and stimulate …
25 Apr 2019
Trump’s next trade tit-for-tat
Economy
Trump’s next trade tit-for-tat
While the trade war between the US and China may now be settled in negotiations, a new trade dispute is looming over the global economy.
19 Apr 2019
Emerging markets bounce back
Stockmarkets
Emerging markets bounce back
Last year emerging market stocks fell by nearly a quarter, says Marina Gerner. But in 2019 it has been a different story.
19 Apr 2019
Stocks beat cash and bonds over the long term
Isas
Stocks beat cash and bonds over the long term
Far more cash Isas are set up than stocks and shares Isas, says Marina Gerner. That's odd given the higher returns from stocks in the long run.
19 Apr 2019
Investors head for India
Economy
Investors head for India
Voting in the world’s largest election began this week in India and this time investors are looking forward to the results.
12 Apr 2019
Germany: is the gloom overdone?
Economy
Germany: is the gloom overdone?
Industrial orders in Germany have seen their sharpest drop in more than two years, defying hopes of a rebound in Europe’s largest economy. So what’s g…
12 Apr 2019
Sun comes back out on Wall Street
Economy
Sun comes back out on Wall Street
US stocks are going from strength to strength as improved data drives confidence. Marina Gerner reports.
12 Apr 2019
Australia’s economic bubble hisses air
Economy
Australia’s economic bubble hisses air
Australia’s long-booming economy is finally showing signs of slowing down.
5 Apr 2019
Will China’s stockmarket bounce last?
Stockmarkets
Will China’s stockmarket bounce last?
Chinese stocks have staged an impressive rally, outperforming every other national index in the world in the first quarter of 2019. Can that continue?
5 Apr 2019
Turkey is in trouble again
Economy
Turkey is in trouble again
Turkey's currency has slipped to an eight-month low against the US dollar, after a 40% slump in the first half of last year. The economy shrank by 3% …
29 Mar 2019
Inflation will surprise investors
Economy
Inflation will surprise investors
Central banks have revised down their inflation expectations. But the current subdued rate may not last.
29 Mar 2019
Synthetic diamonds reshape the industry
Commodities
Synthetic diamonds reshape the industry
The big diamond miners have become rattled by the growth of synthetic diamonds, at the same time as the price for natural stones is in decline.
29 Mar 2019
Latest recession scare is a false alarm
Economy
Latest recession scare is a false alarm
Markets have been spooked by the inversion of the US bond yield curve, which often – but not always – heralds a recession.
28 Mar 2019
British stocks are set to soar
Stockmarkets
British stocks are set to soar
The FTSE 100 is yielding more than double America’s S&P 500 index. But it’s not just blue-chip multinationals that are cheap. Domestically orientated …
22 Mar 2019
A shake-up at Japanese corporations
Economy
A shake-up at Japanese corporations
Improved corporate governance, better relationships with shareholders and more companies paying dividends. Japanese corporations are finally getting t…
22 Mar 2019
Investors flee European equities
Economy
Investors flee European equities
Slowing GDP growth and disappointing data has prompted the longest run of persistent outflows from European equities in a decade.
22 Mar 2019
Time to return to emerging markets
Emerging markets
Time to return to emerging markets
Emerging markets have been reinvigorated this year, with the benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets at a six-and-a-half-month peak and developing-world curre…
22 Mar 2019
Uzbekistan opens up to investors
Emerging markets
Uzbekistan opens up to investors
Few had expected Uzbekistan's president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, to change much when he took over in 2016. But he has embarked on major reforms, making it…
18 Mar 2019
Modi expected to win India's upcoming election
Economy
Modi expected to win India's upcoming election
India's benchmark Nifty 50 index has jumped to a six-month high following the announcement that India’s national election will take place over five we…
15 Mar 2019
Can the post-crisis bull market last?
Stockmarkets
Can the post-crisis bull market last?
Last August the S&P’s bull market became the longest since World War II. Pundits have been predicting its end for some time now, but the economic back…
15 Mar 2019
Money printing: the cure that became a disease
Economy
Money printing: the cure that became a disease
Over the last ten years, major central banks have printed money and injected it into the economy in order to avoid another Great Depression.
14 Mar 2019
Expect China's economy to keep on growing
Economy
Expect China's economy to keep on growing
China’s main stockmarket index, the CSI 300, has had a roaring year so far, gaining 25% and outstripping its major rivals. And last week there was mor…
8 Mar 2019
Healthy growth in global dividends
Stockmarkets
Healthy growth in global dividends
Despite fears over dwindling worldwide growth, global companies paid out more in dividends last year than any year on record
8 Mar 2019
Investors should hunt for bargains in European markets
Stockmarkets
Investors should hunt for bargains in European markets
Despite all the gloom, European markets are in better shape than they've been for ages, and the stockmarkets look appealing.
8 Mar 2019
Trump's tweet scatters the oil bulls
Commodities
Trump's tweet scatters the oil bulls
A tweet from Donald Trump in favour of lower oil prices has put the cat among the pigeons.
7 Mar 2019
Electric shock in South Africa – can stocks bounce back?
Economy
Electric shock in South Africa – can stocks bounce back?
Power cuts in South Africa are reminder of the mess Jacob Zuma left the country in. Cyril Ramaphosa still has plenty to do.
1 Mar 2019
Shares enjoy Trump bump
Stockmarkets
Shares enjoy Trump bump
Donald Trump's decision not to impose further tariffs n China gave stockmarket a fillip this week.
28 Feb 2019
Buy into Japan’s big bounce back
Economy
Buy into Japan’s big bounce back
Growth in Japan, the world’s third-largest economy after the US and China, rebounded strongly in the fourth quarter thanks to solid spending by househ…
22 Feb 2019
The US economic downturn: it’s only a matter of time
Economy
The US economic downturn: it’s only a matter of time
With the US economy facing headwinds from trade wars to slowing global growth, talk of a recession is picking up.
22 Feb 2019
The oil price soars – but can it last?
Oil
The oil price soars – but can it last?
The oil price has risen by nearly 25% so far in 2019, well in advance of any developed-world stockmarket. But the surge may not get a lot higher from …
21 Feb 2019
Germany narrowly avoids a recession
Economy
Germany narrowly avoids a recession
Germany's GDP growth was below the eurozone’s average at just 1.4% in 2018, down from 2.2% in 2017. And it's all down to reliance on what was once Ger…
21 Feb 2019
US housing market on shaky foundations
Property
US housing market on shaky foundations
The US property market has seen some of the weakest data since house prices finally began to recover after the financial crisis.
15 Feb 2019
South Korea is due a bounce
Emerging markets
South Korea is due a bounce
The gloom on South Korea may be overdone and investors may be in line for not only rising stock prices, but rising dividends too.
15 Feb 2019