Interview William de Vries - A surprisingly optimistic outlook

Looking back at 2023, De Vries concludes that the rise in interest rates exerted pressure on share valuations, hitting small caps and renewable energy companies hard. "We felt this in our portfolios, which include many growth stocks from these segments. In the last two months of the year, however, we saw some recovery for many of these equities, so overall it was not a bad equity year for us in terms of performance."Timely interventionDe Vries: "What we did successfully in 2023 was to increase..