Andrew Wilkins, executive director of Catalyst Investment Group, says retail investors should make the most of investment choices previously only available to their institutional peers.
Retail investors would be forgiven for thinking now is the time to return to investment thinking of old. The determined rally in world stock markets from the lows witnessed last March has been truly remarkable. The FTSE 100 has retrenched an impressive 58% since then, yet a shadow of the 69% gain delivered by the S&P 500 and astonishing 97% of Asia-Pacific’s Hang Seng Index. Nonetheless, investors would be wise to take stock and assess the options available. The shape and sustainability of continued recovery is not certain, and there are many more tools at their disposal than previously....
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