Investing our way out of lockdown
Today marks my 51st week of working from home. When I left the office with a few files and some...
Artemis Corporate Bond
A second wave of performance for BBB bonds?
Forget A, B or C… BBBs are all the rage at the moment in the alphabet soup of fixed income....
How have bond funds performed in 2020?
Believe it or not, it’s now six months since investors experienced the fastest plunge into a bear...
Investing in airlines and airports
It’s August. Airports around the world would typically be bustling with passengers heading off on...
Bank bonds: more popular than bank shares
Once the mainstay of most equity income portfolios, banks have had a torrid time over the past 10...
Are bonds the best buying opportunity of the century?
In April Stephen Snowdon, manager of Artemis Corporate Bond told us, “I said that 2008/2009...
74. Replenishing lost dividend income via car parks, bonds and infrastructure
Matthew Stanesby, co-manager of Close Managed Income, talks about dividend cuts being mainly concentrated in the UK and Europe and how holdings like JPM US Equity Income fund are therefore more secure. He tells us how the fund has increased its investment grade allocation via the Artemis Corporate Bond fund and why a specialist property trust that...
Will the pandemic result in deflation or inflation?
Inflation plunged last month: the UK consumer prices index (CPI) fell from 1.5% in March to 0.8% in...
315 billion reasons to like high yield bonds?
According to Fidelity International, roughly $215 billion of US debt and €100 billion of European...
Investment Grade bonds: the best buying opportunity of the century?
“I said that 2008/2009 was a once in a career buying opportunity. I lied. We have another one.”...
Funds gaining and losing the Elite Rating
Following its latest meeting, the FundCalibre investment committee has made a number of changes to...