In our latest podcast, Sharesify’s Steven Frazer, Ian Conway and James Crux discuss the market mood dominated by AI. They also explore the capricious nature of daily trading and tight memory chip capacity. The chaps talk through how investors are clustering around big, boring, old skool stocks. Ian flags all-time highs for world’s biggest retailer Walmart (WMT), now a $1 trillion company.
The talks then turns to… is AI going to wreck business models, jobs and become a waste of money, or is there real value to be made. Steve suggests that investors have recently taken a ‘sell first, ask questions later’ approach. However, is this creating opportunity, as the modest recoveries at data-owners like Relx (REL) and the LSE (LSEG) may imply?
The discussion then turns to bonds. Ian talks through the old 60/40 strategy and how fixed income might fit into an ordinary investor’s portfolio (read the feature here).
Gloves off as AIC calls for Saba knockout blow
A big UK markets talking point has emerged in the normally conservative investment trusts space. James talks us through the issues that have triggered a war of words between industry trade body the AIC, and relentless disruption from campaigner Saba. This has happened despite investors seemingly having made their views clear.
Steve then chats through the market reactions rough and smooth of AI infrastructure earnings – Datadog (DDOG), Vertiv (VRT) good, Cisco (CSCO), not so much. The chaps then talk through what’s coming next week. UK defence firm BAE (BA) is at bat, and a heavy metal week is coming as Antofagasta (ANTO), Glencore (GLEN), Rio Tinto (RIO) and Anglo American (AAL) all step up to the plate.
Drawing an end to the conversation (and the baseball analogies!), Ian explains why he’s disappointed by Schroders’ (SDR) £10 billion takeover by US firm Nuveen. Yes, it will create a fund management business with something like $2.5 trillion of assets. However, it’s being taken out on the cheap, Ian says, with the stock trading close a cyclically-adjusted low. Nevermind losing a 200 year old+ British institution.
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