{"id":162965,"date":"2020-01-08T07:59:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T12:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=162965"},"modified":"2020-01-08T07:16:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T12:16:13","slug":"markets-roil-on-iran-attack-investors-urged-to-be-cautious-and-consistent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2020\/01\/markets-roil-on-iran-attack-investors-urged-to-be-cautious-and-consistent\/","title":{"rendered":"Markets roil on Iran attack: Investors urged to be cautious and consistent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By George Prior<\/strong><\/p>\n

Investors should remain \u201ccautious and consistent\u201d as Iran retaliates against the U.S. for killing one of its most revered military generals.<\/p>\n

The message from Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group, comes as global financial markets roil on the news that an Iranian rocket attacked U.S. forces based in Iraq.<\/p>\n

Mr Green comments: \u201cGeopolitical tensions are certainly heightening, and this always creates uncertainty \u2013 something which markets typically loathe as it becomes more difficult to know where things are headed. In other words, they can\u2019t price uncertainty.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn many regards, the U.S.-Iran situation has now surpassed the\u00a0trade war as the biggest risk to financial markets. This has been reflected in the current volatility.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues: \u201cInvestors must, of course, monitor the U.S.-Iran situation, what has led to it and where it might play out.<\/p>

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\u201cThey need to ensure that their portfolios are properly diversified by geography, industrial sector and asset class in order to manage risk, to navigate the increasing volatility and also to take advantage of potential opportunities when they arise.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf their portfolio is indeed well-diversified, for the time being at least I would urge investors to remain cautious and consistent.\u00a0 If portfolios are not properly diversified, recent events could serve as a wake-up call to reposition.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues: \u201cIn terms of what investors should do against a fast-moving backdrop with many potential and far-reaching consequences, it is not \u2018sell in a panic\u2019, or the opposite reaction: \u2018buy excessively\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost impossible to forecast what the market is going to do in the immediate future \u2013 and it is much too early to say what happens next and how investor sentiment will affect markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

He goes on to add: \u201cHowever, what we do know is that over the longer-term the performance of stock markets is fairly predictable: they go up.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor this reason, over a longer time horizon, investing in equities is almost universally recognized as one of the best ways people can accumulate wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The deVere CEO concludes: \u201cIt is often said that the key to investment success is to buy low and sell high.\u00a0 The only problem with that theory is that trying to accurately time the weakest point in the cycle is impossible.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs such, it is best to just feed the money in over time in a measured way in order to take advantage of the long-term trend of stock markets to deliver long-term capital growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cHistory has shown us that panic-selling or panic-buying can be potentially financially damaging for investors.\u201d<\/p>\n

About:<\/strong><\/p>\n

deVere Group is one of the world\u2019s largest independent advisors of specialist global financial solutions to international, local mass affluent, and high-net-worth clients.\u00a0 It has a network of more than 70 offices across the world, over 80,000 clients and $12bn under advisement<\/p>\n

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