What does 2024 bring for investors – and was 2023 a good or a bad year? This is the Money podcast

Economy
By Liam

By This is money

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The Footsie just managed to stay afloat in 2023 – but across the Atlantic, stock market returns were sparkling.

The contrast is stark: the FTSE 100 is up 1.9 percent this year, while the S&P 500 is up 24 percent.

So have investors had a good year and what will 2024 bring?

On this podcast, Georgie Frost, Tanya Jefferies and Simon Lambert look back at what happened this year with shares, bonds, gold and other investments.

And while experts take out their crystal balls, the team determines the predictions for 2024.

Can the Magnificent Seven continue to deliver, will the bond market manage to have a calmer year, and could this finally be the moment for UK shares?

Opinion poll

Did you have a good investment year in 2023?

The team looks at the key themes for investors and whether they will provide a boost or a challenge, from falling inflation to rate cuts, recession versus recovery and looming elections around the world.

Also on the show is a question from a reader whose dream of early retirement has disappeared due to the relocation of the Boots pension scheme and a tax puzzle over house swapping.

And finally, listen to the end for a listener's corner update on a chance meeting with a podcast audience member for Simon and an update on Lee Boyce's cauldron.

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