Deciding how and where to invest your money is never an easy task – but when you’re in the middle of a global pandemic it’s even more challenging.
We asked a string of financial experts to suggest which countries, sectors, funds and companies may be worth considering in 2022.
Countries
Simon Gergel, manager of The Merchants Trust, believes the UK stock market is one of the cheapest in the world – and remains highly polarised.
Despite ongoing Covid-19 variants, the risks of continued supply chain disruption and rising inflationary pressures, he expects the economy to grow at a decent pace in 2022.
“This is providing excellent opportunities for stock pickers to identify strong businesses, trading at attractive valuations, which can deliver a high income and good total return over the long term,” he said.
Adrian Lowcock, an independent investment adviser and commentator, suggests the US small and mid-cap names could do well over the coming year.
“The sector has seen strong earnings growth, but not the share price performance compared to large US growth companies,” he said….
