Caspar Rock, chief investment officer at Architas, reveals the fashionable assets to avoid this year and some that may become more popular.
Keeping up with the trends in investment is a full-time job. Here are my predictions for what’s hot and what’s not in the coming year. What not to wear We will be steering clear of gold. Not only has it been driven higher during the party season of quantitative easing (QE), it offers no yield to investors. We believe better protection against inflation can be found in certain equities and inflation-linked bonds. The best thing that can be said about gold is: ‘OMG, shiny’. There is an old City maxim that an ounce of gold should be able to buy you a tailor-made suit but, at current pr...
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