Four investing preconceptions to challenge

Sometimes, as part of our ideas generation process, we try to identify macro preconceptions priced into markets over the shorter term. The questioning of these preconceptions can form the basis of our investment ideas over the longer term and then we look at which asset type is most suitable to implement these ideas. The examples below show this process in action, how we isolate a specific theme and act on it. US interest rate rise Firstly, investors have been anticipating a rise in US short-term interest rates for some time, even though short-term policy rates have remained at clos...