Funds Focus

Where to next?
Short term predictions can be a bit of lottery at the moment but with the ASX 200 sitting at 40% the level it was a year ago, you can be rest assured that whatever level you buy in at, you’re getting it at a much lower cost than 12 months ago.

Choosing when to invest, or ‘timing’ the market, is impossible to predict yet its one of the most important factors in determining the return on your investment. Missing out on even a day or two, can significantly impact your long-

Looking to the year ahead, the million dollar question is whether the development of the emerging markets will continue to keep global growth ticking over, or will the sub-prime fallout and forecasts of slower US growth continue into recession and drag down the rest of the world’s economies?

There is no clear cut answer but lets examine the facts:

Western economies look like they will experience a slowdown in 2008, although the scale of which is open to debate. As a result, companies