How to invest to be crisis ready

COVID-19 has driven home an important life lesson: Expect (and plan for) the unexpected. When it comes to your finances, this means balancing the need to have some emergency cash available, with the long-term need for inflation-beating returns. What is the best way to think about building your portfolio? Stephan Bernard discusses. 

You’ve heard the saying countless times that you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket. This holds true for many things in life, including investing. Investment managers often speak about the importance of having a diversified portfolio to protect against uncertain outcomes – does this hold true in the wake of COVID-19? 

April 01 2022 By Stephan Bernard - Allan Gray