Three long-term investment ideas for the brave

Professional investor Rebecca O'Keeffe looks at three long-term investment ideas – biotech, Indian equities, and smaller companies – and picks the best ways to invest in each.

Each week,aprofessional investor tells MoneyWeek where she'd put her money now. This week: Rebecca O'Keeffe, head of investment at Interactive Investor.

From stagnant global manufacturing and sliding commodity prices to Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes, the macroeconomic landscape remains tricky for investors to navigate. However, I remain relatively optimistic on prospects for equities over the coming months, not least because the stockmarket is relatively unloved. Rallies typically come to an end when everyone is fully invested, and as a result there is limited scope for further purchases. Today, many investors are still sitting in cash on the sidelines, suggesting that there is plenty of scope for prices to rise further.

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