Diversified portfolio offers best results

By Stuart Paul, chief investment officer at First State Investments Market uncertainty affects different investors in different ways. Private investors, for example, often allocate their investments based on expected short-term returns, and in some cases will not invest at all. IMA statistics reflect this at present with overall funds flow decreasing and private investors shifting from equities into perceived less volatile asset classes, such as bonds. While volatility can be distressing, switching money from equities into bonds is not necessarily the best move. A more diver...