Search Result(s)

Olivia Micklem responds to some of the most common questions she currently receives.

From AI to interest rates, the themes driving the US equity market are creating more winners and more losers.

Despite strong gains in technology and emerging markets, Artemis still sees opportunities where company earnings are improving but share prices have yet to fully reflect this. China and Brazil are highlighted as areas where valuations remain attractive.

The article looks at the risks of having so much of the US market concentrated in a small number of large technology companies. Artemis instead looks for attractively priced companies that are improving, with opportunities also being found outside the largest names.

Waiting for a clear reason for a stock to recover can mean missing the opportunity. Defence stocks show how buying overlooked companies at attractive valuations can pay off when circumstances eventually change.

Higher turnover is not necessarily a drawback. For SmartGARP, moving capital from stocks with weakening prospects into those with improving earnings and better valuations has been an important source of returns.

As Christopher Nolan’s new telling of ‘The Odyssey’ hits movie screens across Britain, I’ve been pondering what its hero might be able to teach us about investing, at a time when markets, in my view, are overheating. 

My quarterly updates are pretty sparse when it comes to text and my monthly commentaries are non-existent to minimal. However, I felt the urge to write a longer note, mostly because I am growing nervous about problems brewing in wider financial markets.