Is There Anything to Worry About?

Hi, Matt Hale, senior financial planner from rising tide here. We thought given the month of January was really volatile in the investment markets, that it was a good opportune time to provide a bit of an update for you. Now, firstly, I’ll preface it with what’s happened historically is no guide for what happens in the future. And this is all very general in nature but wanted to help you understand a little bit about what’s going on. Now, in the Australian markets, it’s the biggest month drop of around four per cent since the global financial crisis, but in comparison to somewhere like the United States, their drop was nearly double that (…)