Three reasons to invest in Europe - and three reasons to avoid it

Brexit and currency weakness key factors

Nikki Howes, investment associate at Heartwood Investment Management, looks at the three reasons to invest in Europe - and three to avoid it.

Nikki Howes, investment associate at Heartwood Investment Management, looks at the three reasons to invest in Europe - and three to avoid it. Economic momentum stalled in 2018, with many investors increasingly concerned about slowing European growth. Italy entered technical recession (two consecutive quarters of negative growth) and Germany only missed it by a whisker. In 2019 so far, European economic data has been decidedly mixed, with the manufacturing picture worsening further while the service sector has held up relatively well. What does all of this mean for investing in Euro...