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.

How to define value

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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