How is the economic cycle affecting portfolios?
Typically, fiscal and monetary policy is counter cyclical but in recent years this appears to have changed, most prominently in the US fiscal policy. This is complicating monetary policy and the task ...
5 Kesä 202525min
Should UK gilts do the twist?
In 2011 the Federal Reserve stopped issuing 30-year bonds to "twist" the maturity profile and reduce the nominal value of US debt.This week we're joined by Henry Cobbe, the founder and head of researc...
29 Touko 202529min
What's the case for increasing exposure to the US?
At times it might seem like Donald Trump's campaign slogan was actually "make markets volatile again". If so, he seems to have succeeded.This week David Thorpe and Joseph Wilkins are joined by Nathan ...
22 Touko 202519min
The struggles of measuring MPS performance
Comparing the performance of model portfolio solutions can sometimes be a challenge, given the difference risk levels and approaches across the market.This week David Thorpe and Joseph Wilkins discuss...
15 Touko 202520min
Do risk variable portfolios work?
There are many ways to skin a cat, and even more ways to run a model portfolio service.This week Ash Weston, head of MPS at 8AM Global, joined David Thorpe and Joseph Wilkins to offer his take on some...
8 Touko 202525min
Can you diversify away from tariff volatility?
Markets have been in a tetchy state ever since Donald Trump announced he was launching a trade war with the entire planet (or maybe not as it later turned out).This week David Thorpe and Joseph Wilkin...
1 Touko 202525min
Market turmoil reveals the perils of owning US tracker funds
Donald Trump's policy decisions continue to reverberate through markets as he decides whether or not to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell.This week David Thorpe and Joseph Wilkins are joined by Eleanor Ing...
24 Huhti 202516min
How Donald Trump liberated the markets from going up
Earlier this month US president Donald Trump announced a series of 'reciprocal' tariffs on most countries in the world. This had the effect of tanking markets across the globe.This week Dave Baxter, J...
17 Huhti 202523min
