Complementing great diversified asset classes

Complementing great diversified asset classes

John Bogle, founder and former CEO of The Vanguard Group (the US investment firm), claimed in a Time Money article, that one of his biggest mistakes was inappropriate investments in individual stocks in 50s and 60s, for over a dozen of years, where, he later realized that the investment was not going anywhere. 

Barclays Private Bank director Eoghain Murphy claims - No one can predict the direction of market and withdrawing out of fear can lead to losses in future. Proper diversification can lesson losses, although, it does not guarantee greater profitability. It is possible that all main asset classes loose or gain, have similar trends, or have different trends, at the same time. Investing in wide range of companies, markets, industries, and asset classes offsets some losses. 

Rebalancing to meet current market volatility 

Warren Buffett amassed by observing companies and industries, mitigating risks, offsetting sector losses, picking up the right stocks at the right time and exiting at the right time. But most investors are bound to make mistakes if they follow his ways. 

Investment decisions are based on how the investor hopes to believe. In 2018, market volatility has driven investors to reexamine investment strategies. Long-term strategies are not helping in the current ever-changing knee-jerking market conditions.  

A long bull run can make an investor over confident for some time, but the current or past performance may not be the best guide to future. The market conditions are changing overnight, and in this situation, one requires to rebalance over time, furthermore, identify the alternative options to make changes in time. One might need to reallocate money to other options to spread risks. 
 

Reasons to buy precious metals 

•    Precious metals have long lasting advantages over other assets.    
•    Investment in precious metals gives options for universal investment, favouring a part of investment to get protection against vulnerability of stock market. 
•    Stock market’s hot money is not betting on metals and this suggests it has a lot of room once it gets a market catalyst. 
•    Precious metals such as gold and silver remain stable for long and are less volatile as compared to other options such as crypto currencies. The past decade reports by the analysts - Metals Focus (Silver Focus 2018 report) states silver is expected to be trending upwards in 2018 and a venture above $20 for some time.