Market GPS
Investment outlook 2021
What should be on the radar for investors in 2021? Market GPS helps direction-set with a video summary, in-depth asset class analysis and our latest portfolio manager views.
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The biggest surprise last year was not only the persistent mis-forecasting of bond yields but also the persistent mis-forecasting of inflation. John Pattullo, Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income, looks at the underlying causes of why a lot of traditional economic models, assumptions and relationships do not seem to hold in this rather dystopian world in which we live.
Guy Barnard, Co-Head of Global Property Equities, provides an introduction to the Global Property Equities Strategy. The high conviction, actively-managed strategy invests in listed property stocks and real estate investment trusts (REITs), and aims to deliver attractive total returns to investors over the long term.
Bond markets seem to be frozen in time and the credit cycle, which has seemingly become stuck, could stay that way for a long time. John Pattullo, Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income, explains the reasons why, and how to set about looking for returns in the low growth, low inflation world around us.
In this ‘Essentials’ video, Charlie Awdry, China equities manager, provides a brief introduction to the Henderson China Opportunities Fund.
Topics covered include:
• Fund objective and investment approach
• Why invest in Chinese stocks?
• Why invest in the fund?
In this ‘Essentials’ video, Andrew Jones provides an overview of the Global Equity Income Strategy that he co-manages with Ben Lofthouse. The strategy is designed to offer a blend of capital and income growth from dividend-paying companies over the long term, and may be suitable for investors looking for a diversified portfolio spread across countries
John Pattullo, Co-Head of Retail Fixed Income, takes a look at the new sharing economy and its disruptive influence on economic participants. For bond investors, the ramifications are particularly interesting as the sharing economy looks set to exert deflationary forces, which lends support to the view that interest rates could stay lower for longer.