Thera In the press
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06 Aug 2024
Black monday- what the current stock market turbulence means for your savings and investments
Philip Dragoumis, director and owner at Thera Wealth Management, said it’s “not all bad news”. He added: “Bonds are going up, interest rates are going down, oil prices are falling, and gas prices are collapsing — all of which are helpful for the economy. I
20 Mar 2024
Advisers mixed on emerging market allocation
Commenting on his approach to emerging markets, Philip Dragoumis, director and owner at Thera Wealth Management, said the company held around a 10 per cent allocation to emerging markets within the equities portion of its client's investments and zero in bonds. “This is pretty much in line with the global indices. We use emerging market equity index funds,” Dragoumis added.
20 Mar 2024
Is it time to dump global trackers?
Philip Dragoumis, director at Thera Wealth Management adds that the market often goes through concentrated periods. “Throughout the last hundred years there have been many times when the market has been concentrated around one group of stocks, or one geography or one sector,” he says “Global Index returns have not been the worse for it.
19 Sep 2023
UK equities in client portfolios
Philip Dragoumis, director and owner at Thera Wealth Management, said: “As we run an evidence-based investment strategy for clients, we believe that the sum of all global capital flows should determine client geographical allocations. “UK equities currently make up around 3.8 per cent of the FTSE All world index - hence this is also our preferred allocation for the equity portion of client portfolios. “Any increase to this weighting means that we are making an active bet that the UK market will outperform the rest of the world. We don't believe we have enough of an edge to make this call and we would argue that the evidence suggests nobody else does either.”
12 Apr 2023
Could falling US inflation allow the BOE to reverse rate hikes?
Philip Dragoumis, owner of wealth manager Thera Wealth Management, commented: "Inflation is a 2022 story and not just in the US but also in the UK and Europe. Interest rates have been hiked so much that banks are going bust. The issue now is growth, or rather the lack of it. All the indicators are pointing to growth slowing and even a possible recession. The central banks can either start acknowledging this now, or just make it worse by continuing to hike."
