Investing

Investors today will have seen a number of headlines warning of falling share prices, market sell-off and turmoil for investors. This news can be unsettling, but if you’re thinking about what to do with your investments, here we look at why it’s important to remember that investing is for the long term.

After a quiet year for market volatility in 2017 and a strong start to 2018 for most stock markets, the last few days have seen a return of normal behaviour. Shaun Port, our chief investment officer, looks at what’s been happening in markets and what it could mean.

Shaun Port, our chief investment officer, explains why robo-advice is not just attracting the attention of millennials — retirees are also taking advantage of lower costs and in doing so are happy to forgo financial advice.

After half a decade of underperformance in comparison to developed markets, we believe that stocks in emerging markets are likely to outperform over the coming years.

Compound returns are the under-appreciated superheroes of investment. All they require are your time and patience.

At Nutmeg, we’re passionate advocates of the ETF market. We dedicate significant resources to research the exchange-traded funds we use in our portfolios. But just how do we go about choosing them?

Bonds and bond markets are an important and often core part of a well-diversified investment portfolio. If you’re baffled by bonds here’s what they’re all about, in a nutshell.

A new report by the financial regulator has found some practices by investment managers that leave a lot to be desired.

Some people believe that timing the market and ‘banking your gains’ is a good investment strategy, as opposed to staying in the market for the longer term. We disagree. Here’s why it pays to focus on long-term gains.

US Treasuries are some of the safest assets around. Treasury inflation-protected securities have the added benefit of protecting investors from rising consumer inflation.

Money Observer recently asked our chief investment officer, Shaun Port, to make the case for why you don’t need a traditional wealth manager. Here are his thoughts on why it’s time to upgrade to digital.

Automatic rebalancing is a feature of all Nutmeg’s portfolios – both fixed allocation and fully managed. But what exactly does it mean?