Five ways bond investors can protect against inflation
“Bond investors are the vampires of the investment world. They love decay, recession — anything that...
M&G Strategic Corporate Bond
How to invest through rising inflation
US inflation rose more than expected in April with the Consumer Price Index coming in at 4.2%...
FundCalibre’s most viewed funds of 2020
In what has been a roller-coaster year for investors, some things have remained comfortingly...
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 cars and carmakers
After my old banger finally bit the dust last week, we spent Saturday car shopping, and I have to...
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...
315 billion reasons to like high yield bonds?
According to Fidelity International, roughly $215 billion of US debt and €100 billion of European...
This time it is different: a stay at home recession
“I have never been so sure that we are going to have a recession.” Those were the first words of...
Father’s Day gift ideas you can purchase or invest in
Father’s Day is this coming weekend and, if your household is anything like mine, while...
Catch up and a cuppa with…. Richard Woolnough
M&G is not only the largest fixed income house in the UK, but it is also home to the most...
How European bonds could be losing you money
Normally, when we invest in a bond, we are giving money to a government or a company as a loan and,...
Dogs, ISAs and taking risk
The first day of spring is here, the cherry blossoms are filling Battersea Park, and daffodils are...
The Elite Rated funds that have (almost) never lost you money
Whenever we look at fund performance, it’s all too easy to become drawn to the portfolios...
UK investors’ stiff upper lip trumps US exuberance
Earlier this week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 26,000 for the first time in its...