A very simple rule that is very important – investment returns are not symmetrical; if you have an investment that falls 20%, it has to then grow by 25% just to get back to where you started.

In our everyday course of business we are constantly assessing investments, and we abide by the rule that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. That said, we believe there are three simple concepts you can employ to potentially earn the same return with less risk.

As in every industry, the number of financial planners claiming to be experts are endless, but in reality, very few will give clear, personalised expert advice to those who are not planning investing with gold bars and computer code and mid-Atlantic hotel rooms.

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Investing might seem simple…buy low, sell high right? In reality, investing is a road riddled with potholes and cracks and successfully navigating it isn’t as easy as it might seem.