There is a popular phrase thrown around by teenagers that also applies to investors: FOMO (fear of missing out)

Recently, we have been closely watching market valuations that have been indicating overpriced equity markets and it has us concerned. I liken the current state of the markets to that of the movie, The Big Short, which was based on   the GFC (Global Financial Crisis) (If you haven’t seen the movie and would like to know what’s happening in our current markets I urge ask you to watch it this weekend.)

Although we still have exposure to some growth assets including certain shares in both Australia and various regions, Having watched people’s wealth being destroyed during the GFC, has made us overly conservative has made us highly conservative for two reasons:

  1. Our job is to preserve our client’s wealth during both good and bad times
  2. If the bad times occur, we don’t want to be in a position where we simply must ride out the loss of capital. We strive to be in a position to be able to buy, great, however,  oversold, assets with cash.