What next is a much better couple (or more) of years ahead. If you have investments, you’ll have seen a pretty sharp ‘uptick’ since November after a pretty sharp ‘not much happening or going down’ since the beginning of 2022. We’ve said many times that when things move, they can move pretty quickly. Perish the thought that investing might be compared to the lottery, but you really do have to be in it to win it. A glimmer of a hope that interest rates have, indeed, peaked, was all that was needed to encourage those that make a difference to these things to plunge in. ‘Investors appetite for risk’ revived, the flock/herd turned and, although not yet galloping forward are, I would say, heading in a sunwards direction. ‘Sunwards’ means inflation not inflating as quickly as expected, or just not as quickly. Anything can, and usually does, happen, of course, but my investment glass is at least half-full.
Should Financial Education be as important as Sex Education?
We’ve talked before about the ‘Hotel des Parents’, where many are having stay well into their thirties, until incomes finally catch up with house prices and they can step onto the ladder and become first-time buyers.
