A guide to using Zoom

Investing isn’t easy, and moments of market volatility will always test our resolve. The truth is, if we want our money to grow beyond the pace of inflation, we have to accept that investing and volatility are part and parcel of the journey. 

In 2017 I read a book called ‘The 100 year Life’, by Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott. The book covers many fascinating themes, but the basic premise is that a child born 100 years ago (Captain Tom Moore, for example) had a 1% chance of living to 100. Whereas research predicts that 33% of children born today will live to be 100.

While expertise in an industry coupled with a deep skill set seems like a natural advantage for identifying opportunities, my years of managing portfolios suggest that the relationship is not always straightforward.