Japan

Japan flies against global trends and in many cases, this represents an attractive attribute. Whereas high inflation, aggressive central bank policies and fears of recession loom in many parts of the world, Japan pushes back against this with low inflation, supportive central banks, a fiscally supportive government coupled with corporate reforms, cheap equity valuations and […]
Market Returns – a whistle-stop tour of some of the movers and shakers during the quarter.

The chart shows the returns in local currency across a cross sample of major indices. The table below shows Investment Association sector average returns broken down by asset class and geography, this time in sterling. The US dollar was strong in 2022 vs. sterling, yen and euro but there was a step change in Q4 […]