Asset Allocation May 2009

Just in case you wondered… This is my current asset allocation (excluding real estate and debt) in this current troubled times. Just a tiny increase in gold – buying gifts for my wife )): Cash or equivalent:            88% Equity (EM):                     7% Gold:                              ...

Asset Allocation

Just in case you wondered… This is my current asset allocation (excluding real estate and debt) in this current troubled times: Cash or equivalent:            90% Equity (EM):                     7% Gold:                               3% Currency-wise: USD:                                ...

Should I buy equity now?

Hopefully, the acute phase of the crisis is over. With the EU governments investing around 2trn€in different ways to sustain the credit markets (either through shares purchase, account guarantees etc), it seems that the risk of a systemic collapse of the financial world is now smaller than a few weeks ago. For this reason, markets bounced back 10 or 15% and they are still 5 to 10% higher than the bottoms. You...