266. Should investors consider cash in today’s environment?

Darius McDermott and Juliet Schooling Latter offer their opinions on the artificial intelligence craze - whether it’s here to stay and how companies can embrace AI going forward. On the subject of inflation, they acknowledge its persistence and the challenges it presents, and consider whether cash could be an attractive asset class today. Darius and Juliet also give their views on how investors should react to a change of management on a fund and why investors shouldn’t try to “time the market” but rather consider “buying the dips” for long term investments. What’s covered in this episode: Is artificial intelligence a fad or is it here to stay?Why AI will cause disruption and potentially benefit economic growthShould you invest in cash or corporate bonds?The appeal of short duration bondsBuying experiences not goodsHow everyone got inflation wrongWhat should you do when a fund manager retires? What makes technology the stand-out winner of the first half of 2023Europe and Japan leading the packWhy government bonds have performed so poorly in 2023Geopolitical concerns driving underperformance in ChinaIs the UK going into a recession?The outlook for the second half of 2023