| Gold back in fashion as markets hit uncertain times Harriet O’Brien wrote about gold and all the various routes to investing in it over the Easter holiday period. The World Gold Council announced that in the first quarter of 2022 gold rose 8 per cent, its best quarterly performance since Q2 2020. It was among the highest achieving assets, especially compared with weaknesses in both equity and bond markets. At a time of economic volatility, gold has proved a reliable source of diversification and wealth preservation, WGC commented, adding that inflows into gold ETFs totalled USD17 billion in March, the highest quarterly total since Q3 2020.
Bullion Vault, the online and smartphone platform for physical precious metals trading, reported the number of people buying securely stored and insured gold rose by 54.3 per cent in March, the fastest monthly increase since the outbreak of the pandemic.
The Easter holiday break from newsletters
gives us two In My Opinions this week, with Matthew Roberts, Head of Fulcrum Alternative Solutions, Fulcrum Asset Management, writing on inflation, commenting that the potential impact of continued, disruptive inflation on asset prices is profound. "Whilst we can’t be assured this scenario will play out, it is seeming increasingly likely, so it is becoming more important to be prepared and to stress test the associated risks. If investors want to take profits from their traditional equity and bond portfolios to reinvest elsewhere, a natural path is to consider is that of alternative investments," he says.
In the latest In My Opinion, Andrew Tully, technical director, Canada Life writes that advisers are crucial in supporting their client’s long-term thinking, enabling high net worth decision makers to focus on long-term objectives and encouraging them to maintain their strategic thinking.
"This can be a far cry from the short-termism world
that most of us live in day-to-day," he says.
Beverly Chandler, managing editor, Wealth Adviser
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