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It's days like these...

Ciprico
Ciprico Posts: 674 Forumite
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....when being in globally diversified funds all makes sense, especially the 4% UK allocation....

Though not sure it will be so relaxing next week...

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  • eskbanker
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    Investment performance should be measured over years not days!

    Having said that, at the time of posting, UK equities are having a better day than European ones....
  • Albermarle
    Albermarle Posts: 30,425 Forumite
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    Ciprico said:
    ....when being in globally diversified funds all makes sense, especially the 4% UK allocation....

    Though not sure it will be so relaxing next week...
    The metric more to watch is the yield on 10 year gilts, as this directly reflects the confidence of the global bond markets in the UKs financial outlook, particularly the ability of the Govt to balance the books.
    This is the one that spiked after the Liz and Kwasi show.

  • jimjames
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    Ciprico said:
    ....when being in globally diversified funds all makes sense, especially the 4% UK allocation....

    Though not sure it will be so relaxing next week...
    You might have been better if you had been overweight in the FTSE250!
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
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