Diversification in investment portfolios is key
Investing is a long-term game, and 2020 has proved no different in this regard, with economic and geographic sector diversification paying off
17 December 2020 - 11:58
As 2020 draws to a close many South Africans are all too ready to see the end of this rollercoaster year. This time last year many of us had vastly different expectations than where 2020 has taken us.
We expected muted economic growth as policymakers and the private sector were set to continue to muddle through the complexity of implementing meaningful structural reform. Globally, lower equity market returns were anticipated. The same was expected from the JSE, although we expected that the local market performance would exceed money market returns...
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