Time To Buy The Most Rubbish Stocks You Can Find

Is now the best time to buy “trash” stocks? The Economist’s capital markets correspondent, Joshua Roberts, joins Rosie Blau, co-host of The Intelligence podcast, to explain why low-quality stocks over-perform during moments of market turmoil, how rising oil prices linked to the Iran war are shaking global markets, and why uncertainty can sometimes make riskier investments surprisingly appealing. 00:36 – What do investors actually mean by rubbish stocks? 01:41 – How do rising oil prices affect stocks, bonds and the wider economy? 02:26 – Why are low-quality or rubbish stocks outperforming right now? 04:09 – Why are high-quality growth stocks more vulnerable during uncertainty? 05:21 – Can rubbish stocks really deliver better returns than good ones? Listen to the full episode: https://econ.st/4dgEtzh Time to buy the most rubbish stocks you can find: https://econ.st/412nGZu Subscribe: https://www.economist.com/subscribe Download the App: https://www.economist.com/get-the-app Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theeconomist/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheEconomist/ X: https://x.com/TheEconomist