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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Only a fifth of investors held their nerve during 2018 stock market tumble,
according to Schroders Global Investor Study.
The study said that 2018 was a tough year for investors with sharp falls in global
stock markets testing the nerve of investors. New global research shows that only
18% of investors said they stuck with their investment plans during the volatile
three-month period at the end of 2018.
The findings were part of Schroders Global Investor Study 2019 which measured
the views of more than 25,000 investors across 32 countries.
According to the survey, a majority (70%) of investors said they made some
changes to their portfolio risk profile during that period. Just over a third (35%)
took more risk, the majority, 56%, moved into lower risk investments (36%) or
cash (20%). 9% made changes to their portfolios but kept their risk profile the
same.
But despite the tinkering, many investors expressed frustration with how their
portfolio had performed.
More than half of investors (51%) said they have not achieved what they wanted
with their investments over the past five years, and many attribute their own action
or inaction as the main cause of this failure.
The uncertainty during the period in question was particularly acute. Global stocks
suffered their worst quarterly fall in seven years at the end of 2018 amid global
economic concerns, driven by a worsening trade war between the US and China.
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