Keeping it real

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"If you are going to panic, do it quickly," joked Hywel George from Integral Asset Management last week, as we pondered what was going on in markets. It was a different kind of discussion because we were joined by a real investor, that is, someone who worries about his modest wealth.

The investor runs a website, which he realises is not going to be the next Google, but which he hopes to make a few quid from. It is very interesting to try and explain to real people what is going on in markets, and it gives me a real insight into the challenges those advising are faced with. “Is a French bank going bust?” “What should I do with gold?” “Why was August so bad for the markets, was it the riots?” Not much to cover there then. Hywel gave a very patient and informed explanation, drawing on his 25 years of experience. I gave more of a shoot-from-the-hip response. “Possi...

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