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In the press: Plan to safeguard your pension investments
The rollercoaster ride endured by investment markets last year did little for confidence levels among pension savers.
Policy inaction from western governments over how to deal with the economic crisis shook investor confidence and led to sharp falls in equities. The result was considerable worry and pain for many savers trying to earn a decent return.
The biggest change that all investors are starting to appreciate is that the level of indices such as the FTSE All Share and Dow Jones is no longer determined solely by fundamentals such as asset type or company valuations. It also depends on the actions, or inactions, of policy makers.
It is this greater dependence on politicians and central bankers that has torn up the rule book and made the outcome much less certain. And if there is one thing that is guaranteed to upset the markets more than anything else, it is uncertainty.
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