Communicating the big picture of investments pertinent to avoid damaging financial decisions
The current US government shut down and South Africa’s ailing exports and production industries are factors that have the potential to send overwhelmingly confusing signals to local investors. Communicating the effects of short-term market shocks and hype to retirement fund members - who need context of the big-picture economy - is crucial in order to avoid panic which may potentially lead to members changing between investments, as well as impact their long-term plans to retire comfortably.