Three top-down calls

Professional investor James Mee  takes his cues from macroeconomic and market factors, rather than fundamental, “bottom-up” company analysis.

Each week, a professional investor tells us where he'd put his money. This week:James Mee of Waverton Cautious Income.

I invest in a "top-down" fashion. This means we take our cues from macroeconomic and market factors, rather than fundamental, "bottom-up" company analysis. We look at where we are in the economic cycle, at valuations of different assets, and at investor sentiment and positioning. So our key calls relate more to which asset class (equity, bonds, cash or alternatives) to invest in, or what region or style (value or growth, say) to follow, rather than whether to buy Facebook or Twitter. That said, we invest in individual securities where appropriate (that is, when we believe that this is the best means of accessing the investment theme). This is particularly the case within our allocation to bonds and alternative strategies.

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James Mee is manager of the Waverton Cautious Income fund