Shake it off: Why it pays to keep politics out of portfolios

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce finally reach the pages of PA

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Chris Justham says 'politics shmolotics' in his latest Taylor Swift-flavoured article for Professional Adviser...

Are investment professionals the Swiss army knives of the corporate world? You'd think so with the array of topics we comment on with tremendous conviction, wouldn't you… Interest rate forecasts? Allow me to point to my monetary policy badge. Trouble with Houthi rebels in the Suez? I think you'll find this live map of ships being redirected around the Cape gives me a pretty informed inflation outlook. Impact of Republican/Democrat government victory in the next election? Obviously, The Chiefs winning the Superbowl in the US is a big endorsement of the Democrats, which could be se...

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