{"id":3821,"date":"2022-01-07T12:21:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T12:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2022-01-07T12:21:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T12:21:34","slug":"great-expectations-as-a-new-year-dawns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2022\/01\/07\/great-expectations-as-a-new-year-dawns\/","title":{"rendered":"Great expectations as a new year dawns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>We could be\nforgiven for focusing on life\u2019s trials and tribulations heading into 2022,\ngiven the challenges that we\u2019ve faced over the last couple of years. Despite\ninflation-related concerns, new COVID variants and supply chain disruption,\nwhich may be disconcerting for investors, there are indications that the coming\nyear will present opportunities as well as risk, as we hopefully venture\ntowards post-pandemic life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>International\nsoothsayer, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts a continuation of\nthe global recovery in 2022, forecasting growth of 4.9% for the world economy.\nIts analysis did, however, acknowledge that the level of uncertainty encircling\nprospects has intensified with policy choices becoming increasingly complex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Taking steps\nto inflation-proof your wealth<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Rising\ninflation and global supply chain issues have undoubtedly generated a policy\ndilemma for central banks. These dual concerns have heightened the need for\ninvestors to employ considered strategic thinking, enabling them to reposition\ntheir portfolios in order to take advantage of growth opportunities, while\nensuring their wealth is inflation-proofed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Investment\nscam-savvy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>As the year\nprogresses, although the spectre of rising inflation is expected to see central\nbanks tighten policy, deposit-based savings rates are forecast to remain at\nhistorically low levels. Such small returns have prompted many savers to move\ntheir money into investments, with research suggesting over half of all adults\nhave done so. This shift has raised concerns that unrealistically high return\nexpectations could leave some investors vulnerable to investment scams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Take control<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Although 2022\nis likely to present ongoing challenges, the key to successful investing\nremains adopting a carefully considered strategy based on sound financial\nplanning principles. Attractive investment opportunities will undoubtedly be\navailable as the year progresses. With our help and careful repositioning of\nyour portfolio, you should be able to make the most of these as and when they\narise.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>The value of\ninvestments and income from them may go down. You may not get back the original\namount invested.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We could be forgiven for focusing on life\u2019s trials and tribulations heading into 2022, given the challenges that we\u2019ve faced over the last couple of years. Despite inflation-related concerns, new COVID variants and supply chain disruption, which may be disconcerting for investors, there are indications that the coming year will present opportunities as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,89,88,90],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3821"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3823,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3821\/revisions\/3823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3821"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=3821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}