World stock markets fell in ‘Q1’ by 21%, ours by 30%. Investors in balanced, medium risk funds, though, are down around 12% which isn’t great, but does show that the balancing bit of ‘balanced’, not having everything in shares, can work. And that having your money spread around different markets helps as the US and Japan have fared better than us so far. Also, notice I said ‘are down’, not ‘have lost’; because the latter is only true if you sell. You could always invest more. Many have. This, too, shall pass.
“Global stock markets fall sharply amid fears over inflation and China slowdown”
Diesel at my local filling station now costs over £7.50 a gallon (kids etc.). Not my problem these days, but I’m sadly old enough to remember the furore in the 1970s when the price went up to 50p a gallon.
