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Exclusive Insight: The fundamentals for investing in the new normal
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Exclusive Insight: The fundamentals for investing in the new normal
“The only approach that investors can take to mitigate risk in an environment of uncertainty – which is really the environment that investors operate in at all times - is to diversify.”
In this episode of Meet The Manager, nestegg’s David Stratford is joined in isolation by La Trobe Financial senior vice president Chris Andrews, who weighs in on the present economic landscape and why it’s more important than ever for investors to hold a well-constructed portfolio.
Chris also considers the context of the current downturn more long-term, what the three phases of COVID-19 recovery will look like, and outlines why investors shouldn’t be relying on dividends at the present time.

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