With May just around the corner, a closer look at the FTSE All-Share Index during the past 30 years show that the old trading adage “sell in May” is a myth, according to JP Morgan Asset Management global market strategist Alex Dryden.
The gulf between the returns from cash and investments during the past seven years of 0.5% rates has been quantified by research from the Investment Association.
Architas is increasing its allocation to cash while maintaining an overweight allocation to alternative assets due to the volatility, said Caspar Rock, CIO at Architas.
‘Near-cash’ investments such as one to two year corporate bonds are the best idea for investments with an appropriate level of risk and reward says, Janus Capital’s Bill Gross.
Increasingly nervous fund managers are swiftly pulling money out of equities funds in favour of cash, according to June’s Bank of America Merrill Lynch fund manager survey.
Investors in the UK will stick to fixed income assets above equities while inflation stays this high
Sales of cash and money market funds have halved over the past 12 months, according to Skandia.
Strategic bond sales firmed their position in July, as investors anticipated volatile conditions.
As Jupiter cuts cash, many IFAs see the move as a bid to grab opportunities.
Are investors who hold cash as well as their fund managers unecessarily doubling up on lower risk?
Cash holdings sky-rocket to the highest levels since the peak of the credit crisis.
The number of asset allocators overweight cash has reached its highest level for a year, say BofA ML
