WHAT'S IN STORE FOR 2024
As we approach the threshold of a new year, investors find themselves facing a sombre horizon marked by heightened interest rates, rising bond yields, mounting government debt, fluctuating energy prices, enduring geopolitical unrest and elections in SA and the US. At the same time, the global investment opportunity set is broader than it was some years back and the prospective returns to a sensibly allocated multi-asset portfolio remain attractive. In our final webinar for 2023, Foord Chief Investment Officer Nick Balkin and portfolio managers Brian Arcese, Nancy Hossack, Ishreth Hassen and Rashaad Tayob consider five potential surprises for 2024 with investment professional, Linda Eedes.
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