Are You Ready?
So, markets are down, the oil price is seemingly in terminal decline, the (alleged) Ponzi scheme that is the Chinese economy is collapsing and interest rates are on the way up. A crisis? Well, for anyone who’s been around the markets for more than two minutes it’s déjà vu, all over again.
Of course, the wise investor is prepared for this; not merely in the sense of having a trading strategy in place, but in terms of psychological resilience. There’s no point being the best darned stockpicker in the known universe if you flee for the hills at the first sign of trouble – or, even worse, at the last.
