Bonds are Back: Navigating the bond bear market & 5 questions you should be thinking about.

Reading Time: 9 minutes You don’t need me to tell you we’re in a bear market here. Those are fairly common. The slightly more unique feature of this one is that bonds are also in a bear market alongside equities. Is that a surprise? Not sure, it’s been predicted every year since about 2012 so in some ways it’s … More Bonds are Back: Navigating the bond bear market & 5 questions you should be thinking about.

Investing in a time of inflation: what they don’t tell you

Reading Time: 7 minutes Words like turning point and uncharted territory are easily overused in investing. No-one rings a bell at the top or bottom, and it’s always different this time, so usually they are no help. But it’s probably fair to say that 2022 is shaping up to present one of the more challenging periods investors will have … More Investing in a time of inflation: what they don’t tell you

2013 In Review: Asset Class Returns and Key Drivers

Reading Time: 5 minutes As we close the year of the Snake, and move into the year of the Horse, we are again reviewing the major asset class moves, from a UK pension fund investment perspective, in a similar way to what we did last year. UK Inflation Long term inflation expectations increased, with the 30 year zero-coupon RPI … More 2013 In Review: Asset Class Returns and Key Drivers

Most Read in 2013

Reading Time: 2 minutes Last year I made a resolution to start a blog on things that interested me, now that blog is  nearly a year old, I’m really happy (and amazed) to report the stats from the last 12 months – over 4,000 unique page views from 30 separate entries, with 8 entries receiving over 100 views. The blog … More Most Read in 2013