2021 in review - where should you have invested?

Investopoly · Dec 14, 2021 · 20m

For my final podcast for 2021, I thought it would be interesting to look back to see how various investment asset-classes performed. This is important for two reasons. Firstly, it is wise to benchmark your investment returns so that you can assess relative performance. Secondly, it serves as a salient reminder about the cost of delay and procrastination.Short-term returns are unimportantIn isolation, short term returns are meaningless. That’s because your focus as an investor must be on maximising medium to long term investment returns. What can I invest in today that is likely to generate…