Reflections & Insights – Q4 2023
When you write a review with a quarterly cadence, the onus is on you to produce something new, even when the landscape hasn’t changed that much.
This is only the third review since Donald Trump ascended his golden throne, but it feels much longer than that. With the world’s indispensable economy an unwitting participant in a TV reality show, the task of trying to scribble anything sensible about what might happen has become an exercise in magical thinking.
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Outlook |
When you write a review with a quarterly cadence, the onus is on you to produce something new, even when the landscape hasn’t changed that much.

Fund |
In his latest review, Michael Hughes discusses how cyclical influences may dampen economic growth next year. In contrast, when markets have factored in a slightly difficult outlook (as they did over Q3), the Fund’s stocks have tended to outperform, as changes in the economic outlook do not greatly influence these companies’ earnings. He wraps it up with a quick overview of a recent study that suggests that artificial intelligence could raise annual global GDP by around 7%.

Outlook |
And still, we wait. The economy in the developed world is not yet responding to its monetary medicine…

Fund |
For this quarter’s review, Michael Hughes, Client Portfolio Manager for the GuardCap Global Equity Strategy, takes a look at the trend of AI ‘mania’ in the market. …

Outlook |
It is a year since interest rates started to rise substantially around the developed world. It is hard to overstate the amount of ink spilt since trying to determine whether…

Fund |
We’re pleased to present the latest insights from Michael Hughes, Client Portfolio Manager for the GuardCap Global Equity Strategy. …

Outlook |
At the end of 2021, it was all so obvious. Oh, for the beauty of hindsight. Going back a year, of course, none of this was obvious

Outlook |
Markets fluctuate, Lisa. Who knows how much a quarter will be worth next week?

The last two years have been tumultuous, to say the least, with a seemingly unending onslaught of challenges…