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So you think bonds are bad? That’s a shame, because they haven’t looked this good for a decade.

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How long does it take to recover your losses from a bear market? Longer than we’d like

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How to deal with the savagery of a wild bear market

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Sequence of returns risk is the risk that exactly when you withdraw money from a portfolio can adversely affect your returns.

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Fair enough, I haven’t prepared the stables for the Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse.

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A surprising chart shows us that the stock market is often more savage than the history books suggest.

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Every journey begins with a single step. And when it comes to asset allocation that first step is working out your investment goals.

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We invest in riskier asset classes in the expectations of higher returns. But those expectations do not come with a money back guarantee!

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Risk and returns are joined at the hip in investing, but taking some risks can’t be expected to pay.

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Scams and unfeasible investment schemes often catch people unawares because they do not think hard enough about the risks they are taking.

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Types of investing risks

If an investment seems too good to be true, it may be because it’s fraudulent or over-optimistic, or you may simply be overlooking one of the known investing risks.

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Don’t know what your risk tolerance is even though you’ve been told it’s important to have one? These tips will help you work it out.

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What is risk tolerance, why is it important and how does it affect your asset allocation. It’s all here.

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In stark contradiction to recommended practice, I’m looking at my portfolio numbers more as the market gets worse to see if I can handle a real crash.

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Investing risks come in many guises, and often when you think you’re reducing risk, you’re just swapping it for a different one.

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Know your own risk tolerance

You’re investing your money, so make sure you’re taking the risks you feel comfortable with.

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Risk and investment

Unless you’re a hedge fund manager or Jim Cramer you don’t have to care about picking markets and winning. Your risk is of failing to meet your goals.

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ETFs have been cited by global regulators as a potential threat to the global financial system. It’s time for a level-headed view on what action can be taken.

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Even plain vanilla ETFs may be exposed to counterparty risk as a consequence of extensive security lending activities.

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Rapid growth and financial engineering of synthetic ETFs has created a cocktail of poorly understood emerging risks for investors and global markets warn reports from the IMF and others.

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