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Question asked 29/01/2022

Are equities bottoming?

Hi James,

What is u r view for market to bottom out from index perspective. Regards Ravi Jain

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Hi Ravi,

We looked at this on Fridays “What Matters Today Report” – Click Here – we believe the market has fallen too far too fast and it will probably be higher in 3-5 weeks time but compared to the previous post GFC pullbacks of over 10%, it’s certainly light on i.e. another 5-10% at some stage in 2022 wouldn’t surprise hence we are migrating down the risk curve and focusing on top quality businesses.

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