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The Ninety One SA Recovery Fund in association with Ethos Private Equity targets R10bn to help restore SA’s economic health

Six investment guidelines to see you through the crisis

Bouts of market volatility may be unsettling but they are an unavoidable feature of long-term investing. The important thing is to avoid making mistakes along the way. These investment guidelines hold true for any environment, but they’re particularly useful to keep in mind during times of extreme volatility.

May 2020 market overview

Amid the continued lockdown, it’s no surprise that reports of increasing joblessness and pending retrenchments dominated the news during May 2020. Local market indices are showing little to no returns for the year to date.

Making sense from nonsense. How to navigate your discretionary investments post pandemic

One of my favourite investment quotes is by renowned economist, John Maynard Keynes, who observed that “markets can stay irrational longer than you [or I] can stay solvent”. Those seeking experience to support his statement should try their hands at trading shares in today’s turbulent and volatile offshore markets. Shares on the US S& P500 index followed record losses in March 2020 with its fastest single-month recovery since 1987, up 13,2% over April 2020, despite shocking job losses and weak economic data. All three major US share indices have ignored economic fundamentals to trade back to near record levels.