Word on the Street

This week, we give an update on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the markets and client investments, as well as give some insight into the art of trading investments in volatile financial markets, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation), and Martin Bassett (Head of Investment Dealing at Barclays UK).

This week, Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments) talks to Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer)about the oil sector’s plight and asks if it is time to buy oil and whether governments have to step in and bail out the sector more directly (2:00). They also give answers to the most popular questions from clients at the moment (9:30).

For this episode, we talk about whether the recovery in stocks and shares has gone too far, and what could go wrong from this point, as well as what the record plunge in oil prices may mean to investors, with Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting), Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation), and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).

This week, Matt Hammerstein (CEO of Barclays UK) joins Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer) to discuss some of the ways that this latest crisis will change the way that we live, work and invest.

In this episode, we discuss the growing worries that there will be no bounce back in the global economy, with Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting), Rob Smith (Head of Behavioural Finance), and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).

This week, we discuss the latest on the coronavirus and how the business and our people are adapting to provide for the changing needs of our customers and clients at the moment, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Catherine McGrath (Head of Channels for Barclays UK), and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).

In this edition, we talk about the latest coronavirus news updates, as well as our team’s thoughts on the medium to long-term impact of these unprecedented times, with Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting), Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer), and Jean-Paul Jaegers, (Head of Asset Allocation).

This week, we talk about the latest from Westminster (1:38)and offer some answers to the top five most popular questions we are getting from investors at the moment -- Will I be left with nothing (9:50); How long can this go on for (11:39); Should I sell now before it gets any worse (12:54); When should I buy in (13:54); and Which regions/sectors/stocks etc. can I cherry pick (16:25) -- with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Sophie Traherne (Senior UK Political Analyst), and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).

In this episode, we cover the latest on the spread of the coronavirus and talk about how investors, who are close to retirement, should approach market falls, with Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting), Rob Smith (Head of Behavioural Finance), and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).

This week, we talk about how the all-important small and medium-sized business community is faring. Also, we explain why we have been adding exposure to stocks and shares to our funds and portfolios this week, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Ian Workman (a managing director in Barclays Business Bank), and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).