Investments
Investing in Volatile Markets
Short-term volatility is an inherent feature of stock markets, but the history of financial markets has consistently shown that falls have always been followed by recoveries. Over the last 100 years, equities have had a superior long-term track record for delivering inflation beating returns. Short-term speculation is dangerous because it is all too easy to get your timing wrong; instead, a measured long-term view on investment, guided by specialist advice along with investment products and fund managers you can trust is the key to a successful future financial strategy.
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Drip-feeding money into volatile markets reduces the worry of investing at the wrong time and can benefit the long-term investor. Nervous investors can be reassured and rewarded by regular savings and the use of our Automatic Transfer Facility. This facility is for investors, perhaps those concerned about market timing, wanting to move money into or out of the market over a period of time.
UK shares are currently priced more cheaply than at any time in the last 20 years in a bear market dominated by recession fears. But recession is not always bad for stock markets, with both the UK and US markets having risen in three of the last four recessions. It is always worth remembering that in a medium to long-term strategy, the only prices that matter are the ones you buy at and sell at. Difficult though it is, try to ignore what is going on in between. That old maxim 'time in the market, not timing the market' has never been more apt than during the current turmoil in the financial markets.
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