Protect Your Portfolio Against a Market Correction

Morningstar's Dan Kemp offers quick tips on how to manage your portfolio when you hear the bears coming

Dan Kemp 15 October, 2014 | 8:00AM
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Dan Kemp: The first thing to think about when trying to protect your portfolio against a possible correction is how confident you are in that correction happening. If you are not as confident about the next six months as you are about the next 10 years, then don't eliminate risk – think about reducing it.

When you are reducing risk, then don't rely on old relationships between asset classes. Typically people look for bonds to rise when share prices fall. That's happened in the past but might not happen in the future. Don't rely on it. Think about using cash instead.

And finally, many products overpromise the protection they offer in a falling market. Don't invest in what you don't understand.

Read more on protecting your portfolio in falling markets here.

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Dan Kemp

Dan Kemp  is Chief Investment Officer, Morningstar Investment Management EMEA

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