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Art has become an increasingly popular asset class when it comes to designing an investment portfolio, but remains a fairly un-chartered territory for many South African investors.
Global equity markets had a strong start to the year, but suddenly, almost out of nowhere, the wheels fell off. The sharp sell-off on the first three trading days of February resumed on Thursday. The MSCI All Countries World Index lost 7.5% in US dollar terms since the start of the month (although the return over 12 months is still 14%). This raises a number of important questions:
The grass is not always greener on the other side, and investors would be well advised to consider all the investment risks when determining the local versus offshore diversification within their portfolios.
The current global market sell-off is likely to be a storm in a tea cup, affirms a leading global analyst at one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations.
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