War, petrol price hikes, rising interest rates. None of this is good for your investment portfolio. And over the past month or so, many asset classes have been in retreat – the Aussie sharemarket, bitcoin, even gold has suffered a pullback. You are not alone if you are looking for ways to protect your portfolio from further losses. But short of putting your money in a shoebox, what options do you have to safeguard – or even grow – your investments in the age of uncertainty?
It’s worth looking at similar points in history, such as the oil shocks and geopolitical instability of the 1970s. Back then, oil prices rose rapidly, sparking inflation and sending the sharemarkets reeling. So which investments outperformed?
