James Carthew: Interest rate rises trigger rotation

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In the run up to the end of 2021 and into the early part of 2022, investors’ attention was focused on the growing threat of interest rate rises as a way of combating inflation.

That triggered a sharp rotation out of growth stocks. In the space of a few weeks, funds that had dominated performance tables for years lost a quarter or a third of their value. Premiums evaporated. Some of this was logical, much was not.  The Russian invasion of Ukraine has compounded the inflation problem. Oil, gas, wheat and a range of metals have soared in price - benefiting non-Russian producers, but straining valuations in countries and stocks dependent on these commodities. Markets have had another lurch down as a result. Where I think these moves are counter-intuitive, is wit...

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