It is always better to have some element of “insurance” in your portfolio that will act as ballast in times of crisis.
At the other end of the investment risk spectrum, I would avoid small and mid-cap stocks in Europe – for obvious reasons.
As we saw in 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, commodity prices – for example energy and food – rose as disruption to supply chains materialised.
It has delivered a 60 per cent return since launching last summer.
When constructing portfolios, investors should focus on diversification and risk management, recognising that volatility and stock market drawdowns are inherent in investing.
There are appropriate steps for this, they are included in our peace formula,
We are open, I will say it again, and by the way, to the leaders of African countries, Asia, and the Arab states ... we are ready to see their proposals,
Britons think beating Putin matters. They’re also clear that Keir Starmer should not back a US-negotiated peace deal that’s bad for Ukraine.”
If the British Army was asked to fight tonight, it would fight tonight.”
It is obvious that the outgoing administration in Washington intends to take steps, and they have been talking about this, to continue adding fuel to the fire and provoking further escalation of tensions around this conflict,
It's our task to convey the message that the threat is real
We are having those conversations to learn from our colleagues and see what might be appropriate for ourselves,
The military value of both weapons is limited by the fact that there are only limited numbers of Atacms and Storm Shadow,
Finally, at the end of Biden’s term, the White House is more helpful. But it can’t compensate for delays in previous years,
Trump has said he wants to end the war within 24 hours. Nobody is more interested in this topic than Ukraine,
The frontline is now less stable than at any time since the early days of the full-scale Russian invasion,
But the problem is, for the moment, everything is just speculation. Will it be the first peace plan, the second plan, the first variant, the 10th variant?”
We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against the military facilities of those countries that allow their weapons to be used against our facilities,
We’re not at war, but Ukraine certainly is. That war has now been going on for just over 1,000 days. That is why we’ve said consistently that we stand by Ukraine. We cannot allow Putin to win this war.”
We reaffirmed our solemn conviction that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,