Filipe R Costa

DIY − Building a Portfolio of ‘Cash Cows’

After two decades of underperformance, we are seeing the return of value as an investment strategy. Buying conservatively valued companies…

Beware… but Follow the Money

It's been a pretty bad start for the year on the markets. Filipe R Costa asks whether this is a…

A Real Recovery or a ‘Dead-Cat Bounce’?

This week the S&P 500 closed on a positive note and put an end to a multi-week losing streak that…

Quality Shares for a Bumpy Market

Financial markets are on a roller coaster this year. On the one hand, we have very unfavourable macro and geopolitical…

Commodities are the best hedge this year

A mix of conditions, including disruption created by the pandemic, years of monetary easing and the Russian invasion have all…

Investing during inflation and war

Only two months into the year, we also have a war in Europe, commodities at skyrocketing prices, supply-chain disruptions and…

Building a portfolio of quality dividend-paying stocks

With bonds offering almost nothing and threatened by inflation, Filipe R Costa believes that dividend-paying stocks may be a good…

Rotating to non-discretionary stocks

With the Omicron variant less harmful than its predecessors and life returning to normal, the focus is now on what's…

A bet against oil prices

Even though the fundamentals are currently favourable, Filipe R Costa believes the demand side of the market may not support…

Global monetary tightening may help European stocks

This year will be all about the outlook for rates instead, as central banks around the world move together into…