Asset classes: Naming the investment winners for the 2011 calendar year
Diversification was the key message for 2011, according to Warren Chant of rating company, Chant West. He says that the strong performance of unlisted assets has had a stabilising effect on fund returns in 2011.
Asset classes: Naming the investment winners for 2011
If you’re a regular reader of the daily newspapers, or an avid watcher of the financial news on television, you may hold the view that the international sharemarkets have been doing rather poorly lately, and that international property as an investment is generally something to avoid.
THE SOAPBOX: Trish’s four lessons from the GFC (Grab-For-Cash)
I was holidaying in Europe when the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) officially hit in October 2008 (although investment markets had been falling dramatically since December 2007). The impact of the GFC saw the United Kingdom bail out its major banks. [...]
