Hi Everyone
We thought the attached article brilliant and worth sharing. We agree with the views in their entirety, even Warren Buffett’s views on Gold. You may find that at odds with our portfolio investing over the last 8 years or so, but we have always viewed the ownership of Gold as an insurance in volatile times with growth coming from Stocks (or Shares in the New Zealand parlance). As threats to the Global System have abated we have reduced our holding in gold considerably over the last 18 months.
One of the misnomers to New Zealand investors, analysts, researchers in general is many of them always assume if the capital price doesn’t fluctuate then the asset is less risky. Well we all know that to be untrue – Finance Companies failures are proof they are very risky. In the article it also points out the folly of believing bonds will do the trick in portfolio investing. As many of you would have read in my most recent quarterly review letter and Diversified’s View the following quote backs this view:
“…there is no way a [Portfolio] can achieve its mandated return of 6% – 9% per year using 2-3% yielding 10-year Treasuries. Manifestly, all we need is for [Investors] to realise this, and decide it’s time to reallocated money by switching out of fixed income and into equities, for the SPX to do better than most expect. To be sure, that’s what we expect, which should cause professional money to chase stocks higher driven by performance anxiety. Therefore, we continue to favor the strategy of buying ‘dips’.
Jeffrey D. Saut, Investment Strategist @ Raymond James, Oct 31st, 2011
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE
Enjoy the read.
Vicki
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Vicki Watson AFA CFPCM
MBA(Dist) GradDipBusStud (PFP)
Director
Diversified Investment Strategies Limited
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