How the Interest Rate Cut Affects Your Investments

Morningstar UK: Podcasts

This week we’re going to take a look at interest rates. The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 0.25% - the first move in more than seven years. What does it mean for your investments? Let’s get started and kick off with Senior Emma Wall and Chief Investment Officer for EMEA’s Morningstar Investment Management, Dan Kemp who discuss the implications of this rate cut to investors Portfolios’ So interest rates have been cut by the Bank of England. But this is just the beginning of central bank action. What’s next? Head of quantitative research for fidelity, David Buckle is up next to explain. How do you Protect Your Portfolio Against Rising Inflation? Miton Multi-Asset fund manager David Jane explains the risks of investing in a rising inflation environment with Emma Wall and how he protects his portfolio. Up next, JO Hambro's Ben Leyland explains how quantitative easing has made quality stocks expensive - and warns investors they should prepare for a correction in the next 3 years. With a rising stock market and projected economic growth of 1% for 2017, were initial post-Brexit forecasts overly pessimistic? What impact has Brexit had on investors since? Tom Beckett, Chief Investment Officer for Psigma is up next to discuss.

Falling Interest Rates are Hitting Your Pension Income. If you think annuity rates are bad now? Wait until the Bank of England cuts rates further next month. We consider what your retirement income options are in this current environment.