16 Dec 2022
Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS): A dreadful year
- Posted by Dejan Pekic BCom DipFP CFP GAICD, Senior Financial Planner
GICS is made up of 11 listed market sectors and only one has made money this calendar year.
Why have asset prices fallen? Because interest rates have risen.
The risk free rate for which US 10 Year Treasury is a proxy has risen to 4.24% and this has negatively impacted 10 of the 11 listed market sectors.
You had to be in Energy to make money in 2022 and by Energy we just mean fossil fuels- oil, natural gas and coal.
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Oil, natural gas and coal are not the future of Energy supply and although it worked in 2022 we have significant doubt that fossil fuels are the right investment strategy over the next decade.
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