tim cockerill

It is very difficult in the current stock market environment to know which way to turn. Will commod...

It is very difficult in the current stock market environment to know which way to turn. Will commodity stocks hold up? Have the banks reached their low point? How deep will the economic slowdown be? The questions are endless. Consequently, it becomes hard to know if an investment decision made today will look sensible in a month's time. During the last bear market, investors went back to basics, looking for companies that had good business models, generated profits and paid dividends. Perhaps this principle is worth considering. Even if the market goes lower in the short term, in th...