The Tilney Investment Podcast – interest-rate hikes and market volatility

Charlie May, an investment director from Tilney’s London office, joins Ben Seager-Scott, our Head of Multi-asset Funds for our February episode of the Tilney Investment Podcast. They discuss the eventful first month of 2022, the outlook on global equities, interest-rate hikes, and rising tensions in Ukraine.

Published on 08 Feb 20221 minute read

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Episode overview

01.11 Reflecting on January: equities swooned, causing the global equities index to go down, with tech stocks bearing the brunt

05.18 Ben calls for a finesse of messaging: signalling of monetary policy tightening by central banks, particularly the Bank of England and the Fed, has caused market volatility

07.13 Ben and Charlie discuss whether trends will continue into the future

10.16 Bank of England: first back-to-back interest-rate hike since 2004, but how could this impact the UK economy?

18.41 January 2022 lived up to the expected volatility. Ben discusses the value in varied investments, but market volatility shouldn’t be ignored.

21.43 Rising tensions over Ukraine: geopolitical risk can have an impact on investments, but Ben reminds that moving portfolios can also cause risks. The key is to keep an eye and ensure investments are diversified.

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