Wild moves in the oil price

Investors spent the week grappling with the price of resilience, as robust growth and rising energy costs complicated the outlook for inflation and interest rates, pushing bond yields to multi-year highs.

Investors in passive bond funds are being exposed to more risk than they may appreciate as US technology giants turn to fixed income markets to fund massive spending on AI data centres, argues Aviva Investors chief executive Mark Versey. 

Diversification has always been at the heart of asset management, but recent turmoil, from higher inflation to conflict, trade barriers and the AI revolution, is roiling markets. Can investors still reap its benefits?

The ‘Magnificent Seven’ group of Big Tech companies is no longer the key driver of US equities, as the rally broadens out to other sectors.

Precious metals such as gold and silver, rare earth minerals, and industrial metals such as copper have been making headlines in recent months. We talked to a team of experts to discover what’s been driving investors’ appetite.

With Iran and the US competing to block the Strait of Hormuz, oil, gas and fertiliser trade disruptions are impacting markets.