Investors Voice Archive: 15 Mar, 2019

Since the 2008 financial crisis – and this isn’t one of those – this is the longest period of volatility we have had.

Just before Christmas, the Productivity Commission presented its final 700-page report to the Government titled “Superannuation: Assessing Efficiency and Competitiveness”.

One can never accurately predict the timing of such corrections although many similar symptoms often exist before a correction occurs - such as high stock valuations, increased speculative activity in poor quality companies and general investor apathy.

There is no one investing style that is successful throughout the market cycle.

Offering stable, long-term returns, global listed infrastructure stocks can provide a ‘defensive layer’ to an investment portfolio and diversification benefits for investors heavily exposed to Australian shares.

Research by UBS shows that online purchases in the US will grow to around 20 per cent of all purchases by 2022. This upward trend should also occur in Australia.