The blessing of balance
A sense of balance is a tremendous attribute to have as an investor. For share investors the past week has been akin to a surfer turning up at a long-term favourite beach to see waves that offer appealing rides one minute and are downright scary the next. Dramatic price plunges followed by record rebounds is [...]
An urge to act
Many investors understandably feel a hard-to-resist urge to take some sort of decisive action whenever the sharemarket turns highly volatile. Unfortunately, this urge to act often leads to hasty, poorly-informed and emotionally-driven decisions that are to the investor’s detriment. “The temptation to do something, anything, is overwhelming when stock prices are falling,” writes personal [...]
A perspective on markets and how to navigate them
by Simon Doyle, Head of Fixed Income and Multi-Asset, Schroders The dislocation seen in asset markets globally in recent days, while not unprecedented, is (thankfully) unusual. The catalyst for this most recent bout of risk aversion amongst investors has been variously attributed to US political gridlock, S&P’s decision to downgrade the US government’s credit rating [...]
The case for cautious optimism in the US
12 November 2010 Robin Bowerman, Head of Retail at Vanguard Investments Australia With its current high unemployment rate and depressed housing market the US economy is struggling. While the US faces near term economic challenges, what is the outlook over the longer term. Economic analysis from the Vanguard Group in the US suggests the current level [...]
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