{"id":9993,"date":"2023-02-10T13:10:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T13:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/?p=9993"},"modified":"2023-02-10T13:10:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T13:10:06","slug":"2022-investment-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/news\/2022-investment-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 investment wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>In 2022, most of the world\u2019s major share indices had their worst year since 2008, but the UK\u2019s FTSE 100 became a star performer. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022-investments.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9994 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2022-investments.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"578\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 777px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 777\/578;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, the table is correct. In the year of three Prime Ministers, four Chancellors, a catastrophic \u2018mini-Budget\u2019 and double-digit inflation, the FTSE 100 (or UK stock market) became one of the world&#8217;s best major market performers, eking out a small gain where most others recorded a loss. The MSCI All Country World Index \u2013 a more appropriate benchmark for Global plc \u2013 fell by 9.7% in sterling terms.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Inevitably, such a surprise result from the UK comes with some important qualifications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The yardstick that shows the UK posting a positive return is the FTSE 100, but this only covers the largest 100 UK listed companies. The FTSE All share index that reviews the broadest section of companies posted a loss of 3.2%.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>While the FTSE 100 is an index of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is far from a snapshot of UK plc. About 14% of the index is accounted for by three energy companies \u2013 Shell alone accounts for over 9%. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The 250 mid-sized companies that form the FTSE 250 and sit below the FTSE 100 are closer to what most people would consider UK plc. As the table shows, this group had a tough 2022.<\/li>\n<li>While the FTSE 100 outperformed the US and Eurozone, the gap is not so wide when currency performance is considered. Sterling fell 11.2% against the US dollar and 5.4% against the euro.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>On the plus side, if you had re-invested all the FTSE 100 dividends over the year, your return would have been 4.7%, a reminder that the UK stock market remains a good source of income.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The UK\u2019s winning streak in 2022 \u2013 at least in FTSE 100 terms \u2013 does not mean you should now ignore investment diversification. After all, the FTSE 100 was way behind the best performing global market of the year. That title, with a jump of over 100% in sterling terms, belonged to a country with over 80% inflation \u2013 Turkey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><i>The value of your investment and any other income from it can go down as well as up and you may not get back the full amount you invested.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Investing in shares should be regarded as a long-term investment and should fit in with your overall attitude to risk and financial circumstances.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2022, most of the world\u2019s major share indices had their worst year since 2008, but the UK\u2019s FTSE 100 became a star performer. \u00a0 Yes, the table is correct. In the year of three Prime Ministers, four Chancellors, a catastrophic \u2018mini-Budget\u2019 and double-digit inflation, the FTSE 100 (or UK stock market) became one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":160,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbwm.uk\/v3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}