Newsletter – July 2023

This issue covers built-in ‘shock absorbers’ within your portfolio to cushion the effect of market volatility.

Responsible Investing at Booster and our backing of two climate-focused investor initiatives – the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC).

Introducing our new Australian Active manager, DNR Capital, and a taste of their investment philosophy.

This month we unpack diversification. Diversification is a strategy to lower investment risk by spreading money across and within different asset classes, such as shares, bonds and cash. It’s one of the best ways to weather market ups and downs and maintain the potential for growth.

This issue covers our human nature of feeling twice as much pain from an investment loss as we do pleasure from a gain, and while it can be tempting to view our investments daily, the key to long-term investment success is being invested over the longer term.

Our theme this month is Albert Einstein’s Eighth Wonder of the World – The Power of Compounding.