Market Matters Outlook Piece 2016
2016, the year of big trend changes Looking back over 2015, one element that is clearer than ever is that the ‘set and forget’ investment approach simply does not work in this market. Shocking share price drops in 'old favorites' and 'household names' like Santos, BHP, Dick Smith Holdings and Slater & Gordon capitulated worse than what was seen in the GFC - this just goes to show that blindly buying and holding stocks in your portfolio is more likely to lose you money.
Not to mention the disastrous performance in the resource sector… It’s not all doom and gloom, though, there were some positive stories in what was a tough year for the Australian equities market. Stocks like Domino’s Pizza (DMP), Macquarie Group (MQG), Challenger (CGF) and Bank of Queensland (BOQ) rewarded investors with healthy returns throughout 2015.
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