Market volatility: A content hub for advisers
Find our client-friendly explainers, plus our latest views on global markets and the economy, to help you coach clients through the uncertainty.
Market drops are the moments that matter. When investors’ emotions are running high and they feel the need to take action.
Adviser’s Alpha® suggests behavioural coaching is likely the single most important service advisers can provide to their clients, particularly during periods of heightened market stress.
Iran conflict: Keeping perspective on market risk
Conflict in the Middle East has been rattling global markets. Both equities and bonds have experienced losses amid great uncertainty, and oil prices have spiked, creating a challenging dynamic. Although recent events can feel unsettling for many reasons, history suggests that such periods don’t typically derail long-term investment outcomes.
Client-friendly coaching aids
Discipline may be the best defence in a downturn
Investing in the stock market has been a prudent long-term strategy for many investors, but market turbulence can still be hard to stomach.
Geo-political sell offs
Use this chart to show clients how markets have responded following geopolitical crises. This can be a useful way to keep clients on track amid heightened uncertainty.
Stay the course: Putting market downturns into perspective
Help clients put market downturns into perspective by focusing on long-term market returns.
Bull and bear markets over time
Bull & bear markets over time Out of the past 80 years, more than 80% have seen equities rise. Bull markets have lasted for longer and the rise in gains far outstripped the losses.
Index chart
Use this chart to show clients market cycles since 1993. It is a great tool to help explain the value of staying the course, and to avoid trying to time the market.
