With the end of easy money policies from central banks around the world and expectations of rising interest rates, you may be wondering — Should bonds play a role in my investments? In this environment, why hold bonds at all?’ In addition to the wealth of existing peer reviewed academic evidence, a recent machine learning analysis by Vanguard may help to provide some insights.

Interest rates will eventually rise and when they do, the transition from a low-yield to a higher-yield environment can lead to capital losses in portfolios and also put pressure on those who have taken up new levels of debt. Are you prepared?

The market will eventually pull back — while there are some indicators that allow us to gauge the probability of a correction, we suggest that the best time to prepare yourself for such an event is now.

Strategies which reach for yield often lead to heightened volatility and magnified losses during times of market stress, and if emotions get the better of them, investors will inadvertently sell the assets at the worst possible time.

The world is more tightly knit and globalised than you may think. Assessing the exposure of an equity portfolio is not just looking at where companies are based, but also about where their revenues are generated.

The tremendous surge in the price of cryptocurrencies has attracted the attention of many investors, but there are issues that both potential and current investors in cryptocurrencies should consider.

Over the past 10 years or so, investors managed to get away with poor investing habits. Whatever they threw their money at seemed to work out pretty well. However, it may appear that the tide may finally be turning.

Much to the surprise of investors, the stock market posted good returns for 2020 despite the overhang of COVID-19. Most investors know what happens to their bond investments when interest rates change, but how effect does it have on our investments?

We all want to make money from the market, but is there a formula to do so, and to do so quickly?

FOREX movements do matter and could mean getting a decent gain or suffering a loss despite having the value of your investments go up.

Holding a handful of different funds or investments, or spreading your assets across different financial institutions does not mean you are diversifying the right way.

Investing with ethical and sustainability considerations can give you better returns, not worse.

2020 has been like no year before it. The same goes for its market.

Stock prices are soaring as the economy struggles. Does this mean the market is overvalued and about to fall? What should you do?

All news is old news. Invest looking to the future, rather than base your decisions on outdated data.

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