Feb 19 2012 |
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Stay diversified, says Barclays Wealth
DUBAI: The dangers that overshadowed capital markets in 2011 have not suddenly disappeared, but the positive developments that were visible at the end of the year have continued.The European Central Bank's decisive actions are visibly muting the risk of another banking crisis. Reports of the demise of the US consumer have again proven somewhat premature. Forward-looking data even in the UK and euro area have been less fragile than feared.
As a result, the New Year rally in risk assets has some foundation, as noted by Kevin Gardiner, head of Barclays Wealth's investment strategy, EMEA in the February edition of HYPERLINK.
"Our advice to investors thus continues to be that they should stay diversified, and indeed hold more risk assets than usual, such as developed equities and high yield bonds, and fewer government bonds. This is not because we expect many governments to fail to honor their commitments, but simply because those bonds look expensive," he added.
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