Wealth Watch: The Big Questions Keeping Small Investors Up at Night After This Rollercoaster Year
Scotland on Sunday › August 31, 2009
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IT'S BEEN an interesting year for investors, who have not been short of expert comment on whether the current period of buoyancy in equity and bond markets can be maintained. But just as important as the views of the experts is the thinking of ordinary private investors. It is, after all, their wealth at stake.
Consequently, I have collated the ten most common worries and queries that investors have raised with me over the past two months; the things which keep them awake at night.See the full content of this document
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Wealth Watch: The Big Questions Keeping Small Investors Up at Night After This Rollercoaster Year
1. Are corporate bonds a good idea?
As the financial crisis deepened and the economy moved into recession, corporate bond prices fell as the investors faced the twin threats of missed interest payments and default on the final repayment. Yields increased significantly to compensate investors for the perceiv...See the full content of this document
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