Weekly Investment Update

Weekly Investment Update

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Weekly Investment Update episodes

  • The Illusion of Diversification: When 500 Companies Become Seven
    Investment wisdom celebrates diversification as the cornerstone of prudent portfolio management. Yet investors increasingly face a paradox: portfolios appearing broadly diversified by company count yet dangerously concentrated by capital allocation.

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    8 min
  • Seeing What Everyone Has Seen, Thinking What Nobody Has Thought
    Albert Szent-Györgyi's observation about discovery applies perfectly to active investment management in 2026. While growth stocks have dominated markets for fifteen years, value investing has quietly delivered exceptional returns across multiple markets, yet few investors have paid attention.

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    9 min
  • Geopolitical Theatre and Market Resilience
    The week's events delivered a masterclass in distinguishing between political spectacle and genuine market-moving developments. President Trump's threats to impose tariffs on eight European countries over Greenland sent the S&P 500 down 2.1% on Tuesday 20th January, wiping more than $1.2 trillion in value from the index. Yet within 24 hours, Trump announced a framework agreement with NATO regarding Greenland and called off the threatened tariffs, triggering the S&P 500's biggest advance since November, with the gauge back in the green for 2026.

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    8 min
  • Navigating Investment in an Era of Unprecedented Uncertainty

    On 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military strike on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. The world woke from New Year celebrations to confrontation unthinkable by the standards that had governed international relations since 1945. Yet what made this extraordinary event more remarkable still was markets’ muted response.


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    8 min
  • Celebrating Warren Buffett’s Unparalleled Investment Legacy
    On 31st December 2025, one of the most significant transitions in financial history occurred with scant fanfare. After 55 years, Warren Buffett's final day as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway marked the end of an era that produced returns so extraordinary they defy conventional understanding.

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    8 min
  • The Santa Rally: Why Long-Term Investors Should Ignore the Year-End Noise
    The final trading days of December arrive with predictable commentary about the "Santa Rally" and its implications for portfolios, accompanied by the statistic that the S&P 500 has gained an average of 1.3% since 1950 during Santa Rally periods, with positive returns occurring approximately 79% of the time, though this compelling figure describes merely a seven-day window in a market that trades roughly 252 days annually.

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    8 min
  • The Investment Landscape for 2026: Navigating Opportunity and Uncertainty – Part Two

    Last week In Part One, we explored the macro forces shaping the 2026 landscape: the scale and uncertainty surrounding AI investment, the deteriorating fiscal position of developed economies, and the tension between elevated valuations and cautious market sentiment. Whilst those themes continue to influence investor behaviour, Part Two turns toward asset classes and market dynamics that may offer diversification, resilience, and opportunity in the coming months.


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    9 min
  • The Investment Landscape for 2026: Navigating Opportunity and Uncertainty – Part One

    As November draws to a close and portfolio managers finalise their year-end positioning, attention shifts toward 2026. The coming year presents investors with a landscape shaped by artificial intelligence’s advance, challenging fiscal positions in developed economies, and questions about whether equity markets can sustain their remarkable momentum.


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    8 min
  • The Emerging Markets Renaissance: Why the World's Growth Engine Deserves Renewed Attention
    For over a decade, emerging markets have disappointed investors as developed market equities, particularly US technology stocks, delivered superior returns. The MSCI EM index (net total return USD) gained 8.3% in 2024 versus nearly 20% for MSCI World markets (net total return USD), continuing a pattern that cemented negative sentiment.

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    9 min

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Dominion Asset Management’s research team brings you their weekly view of the financial markets.


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