The funds to choose for volatility
This year has been a tough one for equity investors. Following February’s sell-off, most major markets have lost money year-to-date.
This year has been a tough one for equity investors. Following February’s sell-off, most major markets have lost money year-to-date.
Discussing inflation and interest rates at a dinner party is a sure-fire way to lose friends. For investors fighting against the tide of today’s backdrop though, it’s a topic that simply isn’t being talked about enough.
In his latest commentary, GMO’s Jeremy Grantham warned investors that we could be entering a “market melt-up” phase of the current bull run which, according to many, is looking rather long in the tooth.
It’s that time of year: Santa rallies, market outlooks and crystal ball predictions of where the FTSE will end 2018 are the subjects du jour. So rather than buck the trend, Clive Hale suggests three potential game changers for 2018.
There seems to be no stopping the rising tide that has lifted every asset class – including bonds – since the market lows back in March 2009. I’ve been in this industry longer than some fund managers have been alive and I can’t remember a period like it, when everything went up together.