The credit crunch has knocked the confidence of many investors however profits are still being made by people who use the correct strategy. I am an experienced investor from the UK who enjoys speculating on the stock market and am as confident as I ever have been despite these troubled times.
I would like to make it clear before I continue that I am not a financial adviser and therefore the suggestions that I am going to make are purely my own personal preferences and therefore should not be seen as advice.
Have you ever heard of the concept pound cost averaging. Basically this is where you gain from investing on a regular, usually monthly basis. You purchase additional shares or units when the share price or unit price falls which helps you when the markets pick up. In a way this lessens the risk.
To further lessen the risk I personally prefer to invest in many different regions of the world, this is a way of spreading the risk. For example the stock market of Japan has not been performing very well over the last couple of years where as the stock market in Brazil is at an all time high despite the credit crunch.
I am currently investing regular amounts of money into the following sectors or funds:
The China Fund
The India Fund
The Emerging Countries Fund
The Latin American Fund
The Japan Fund
The European Smaller Companies Fund
The North American Smaller Companies Fund
As you can see many of the different sectors or areas of the world are covered, even Japan . I believe that the stock market of Japan will eventually pick up and by investing at the current low prices could well prove to be a very profitable.
Steve Hill is a webmaster from the UK ; he has a number of websites including:
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