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Time to have a look at your asset allocation?

Posted by Scott Keefer on Sep 20th, 2008

After 9 months (or more for listed property investors) of really tough conditions the question to be asking yourself is how have you gone handling not only the 25% or more falls on equity markets but also the significant turbulence (volatility)?

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The Reality of How Investment Markets Work

Posted by Scott Keefer on Sep 5th, 2008

We have all experienced or witnessed a torrid time on investment markets in recent times starting back with listed property mid 2007, carrying over into global equity markets and then Australian equity markets. Emerging Markets have not been spared with some of these markets, China for instance, falling the furthest. Fortunately, August has seen a slight rebound across the board but the verdict is still well and truly out on whether the worst is over.

In such times it is really important to sit back and consider the reality of how investment markets work. To assist with this our firm have put together a document setting out the five key realities.

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Moving to a more defensive position. Can it work in tough times?

Posted by Scott Keefer on Jun 29th, 2008

Robin Bowerman, Principal and Head of Retail at Vanguard, has written a recent article for Vanguard’s Smart Investing e-newsletter – Playing defence: can it work in tough markets. In the article Bowerman refers to a Vanguard study looking at whether investors would be better off using economic / market signals to move portfolios into [...]

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