What are the best investments in 2023?
The year 2022 carried a lot of economic news that moved the markets negatively, and it was full of confusing economic events.
And while the markets are preparing to welcome a new year, investors are turning to 2023 to try to explore the best types of investments that can form part of their investment portfolio for the new year.
According to experts, the investment landscape for the year 2023 requires accuracy and focus on investments that are able to resist recession and inflation, bearing in mind that controlling expectations in the current situation has become very difficult.
Stocks with purchasing power
The CEO of Intermarket Strategy, Ashraf Al-Aidi, said in an interview with “Sky News Arabia Economy” that the best investments that can be made in 2023 will be those related to companies and stocks that have an effective resistance against recession and inflation, noting that stocks Gold miners and companies that produce minerals such as copper will be among the stocks that retain their buying power in the coming year.
Resistant products
Al-Aidi adds that the best investments that can be made in the new year are also related to companies that specialize in consumers, specifically those that rely on products that resist recession, such as Procter & Gamble, which is the largest consumer goods company in the world, and Johnson & Johnson. He reaffirmed that 2023 will be the year of investing in stocks that maintain their purchasing power and stocks that distribute dividends, not stocks that depend on price growth such as technology.
US Treasury bonds
Professor Pierre El-Khoury, an academic and economist, says in an interview with “Sky News Arabia Economy” that the US interest will be the reference in determining the lowest and most risky investments in 2023, and based on the US Federal Reserve’s tendency to further raise interest, it can be said that US Treasury bonds , It will bear the title of “safe haven” in 2023, while the real estate market will be a high-risk investment, as high interest rates reduce asset prices, especially real estate asset prices.
According to El-Khoury, the most risky investment in 2023 will be in the world of social media and crypto, pointing out that the year 2022 showed a strong correlation between the decline of crypto and the decline of communication platforms. 2023.
clean energy stocks
Al-Khoury stressed that controlling expectations in the current situation has become very difficult, in light of the highly changing conditions that we are going through, and from this standpoint, investors must diversify their investment portfolio between stocks and minerals, with the need to focus on stocks that are related to clean energy, which have proven developments. They are strong stocks despite the crises.