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Edition 172

  •   9 September 2016
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In the aftermath of the GFC, many people blamed their asset manager or financial planner for not warning them about the carnage that hit their portfolios. "You are the experts, you should have known," screamed the phone lines. But nobody knows the timing of these events. The Australian share market fell over 50% in 1974, 1987 and 2008, and it will happen again. Just don't rely on the experts to predict when.

Editorial | Edition 172, 9 Sep 2016

  •   9 September 2016
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