Adjusting to low growth is proving to be a painful experience. There are generations of investors who have been brought up to believe Western equity investment is the right answer for pensions and charitable funds, and for rich individuals.
Buy shares more or less any time, and hold them for long enough, and you will make money. The investment world is still equity oriented. It wants to believe that growing dividends, reflecting growing economies, will take care of inflation and a bit more. Over all but the short term, shares should give you real returns. But is it all about to change? Tokyo storm warning Since the 1990s there has been a cloud on the share horizon called Japan. Japan enjoyed great returns from shares previously as the Japanese post war miracle took off and then matured. In 1990 crisis hit, at the ve...
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