Finding value and maintaining confidence in a FOMO world

December 20, 2021

Join host Toby Potter of IMAP with Nick Kirrage of Schroders and Jonathan Ramsay of InvestSense as they discuss value as a style, and as a driver of conviction when investing.

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Join host Toby Potter of IMAP with Nick Kirrage of Schroders and Jonathan Ramsay of InvestSense as they discuss value as a style, and as a driver of conviction when investing. Key topics include:

What does value investing mean to you?
To what extent are growth and value used as inputs in the decision making around amounts invested into global equity markets?
Is there a target period to hold any particular investment?
Inflation scenario’s
The likely direction of rates in major markets

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