🥤 Your portfolio needs a shake-up

Hello, It’s your Finimize analyst team here. 🌎 The World This Week We’ve seen a mostly benign investing environment over the last 20 years, but that might be about to change. Inflation and weak economic growth are threatening the next decade, and things could end up getting very difficult indeed for investors. But there’s a few things you can do to protect your returns, not least giving your portfolio a shake-up. Andrew told us how to do it this week: read that [here](. And while you’re thinking about how to diversify your portfolio, you’ll come across plenty of people pushing thematic investing. It’s easy to get carried away with a whole host of disruptive tech – genomics, artificial intelligence, space exploration – but they don’t always make a good investment. There is a way to actually profit from investing in themes, though, and Stephane talks about it [here](. You might think that when you’re stock hunting, it might be tempting to go for cheap stocks and hope they get a boost in value over time. That’s not always the case, though, and it’s part of the great ongoing debate of growth versus value stocks. This week, Vitali Kalesnik from Research Affiliates joined us on Insights, and chatted to Andrew about why he thinks value stocks are the place to put your money right now. Find out why [here](. Reda, meanwhile, has retail therapy on his mind. The boom of ecommerce is accelerating the transition to automated warehouses, and Norway’s AutoStore has been his one to watch. The “cube storage” company is scheduled to hit the stock market next week, so it’s a good time to read up on its initial public offering (IPO) – and why it’s got Reda pumped – [here](. 🤗 Finimize Community Korea’s having a bit of a “moment”, with Squid Game riding high at the top of the Netflix charts and K-pop bands racking up billions of plays on Spotify. But have you ever considered investing in this fast-developing market? Our [event on October 22nd]( will explain the ins and outs of participating in the peninsular. 🤔 [The Pros And Cons Of Alternative Investments](: 5pm UK time, October 18th 👍 [How To Trade In Good And Bad Times](: 5pm UK time, October 19th 👀 [How To Spot The Next Round Of Market Winners](: 6pm UK time, October 20th ⚡️ [What’s Next For EV Batteries?](: 11am UK time, October 21st 🤓 [A Smarter Way To Profit In The Short Term](: 5pm UK time, October 21st 🇰🇷 [Are Korean Stocks The Next Big Thing?](: 1pm UK time, October 22nd  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and stay classy ✌️ Your Finimize Analyst team Crafted by Finimize Ltd. | Third Floor, 1 New Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1AN, UK. All content provided by Finimize Ltd. is for informational and educational purposes only and is not meant to represent trade or investment recommendations. You signed up to this mailing list at finimize.com or through one of our partners. © Finimize 2020 You can [turn off app emails]( or [unsubscribe]( from all Finimize emails (including the daily newsletter).