ILLUSTRATION BY CHLOE LEEDER
How can we protect our life savings from whoever wins the general election? The bad news is that most politicians believe they need our money more than we do. The good news is that regular readers of this column might not have to do much to preserve the purchasing power of our stock market investments. Here are six tips to reduce the risk of politics hurting your pension or equities portfolio.
Contrary to all the click-bait scare stories suggesting otherwise, shareholders have enjoyed income and growth regardless of who has occupied 10 Downing Street. That’s been my personal experience during several decades of working, investing in the stock market and paying taxes under different political parties.
