76. Why Russia and Egypt are better bets than the UK

Nomura Global Dynamic Bond fund manager Dickie Hodges tells us why Russia and Egypt are better bets than the UK right now and explains why he thinks inflation may return in the second half of 2021. Dickie also tells us why corporate bonds became such an opportunity in March that he increased the funds weighting from 2% to 21% and why he felt the need to protect the fund from further stock market falls – which led to profits in the sell-off earlier this week.Learn more on fundcalibre.comPlease remember, we’ve been discussing individual companies to bring investing to life for you. It’s not a recommendation to buy or sell. The fund may or may not still hold these companies at the time of listening. Elite Ratings are based on FundCalibre’s research methodology and are the opinion of FundCalibre’s research team only.