Equity has remained, remains and will remain the favourite asset class amongst investors for obvious reasons, but equity markets have the characteristic of moving both sides and there is also a risk of investors losing out on their originally invested capital. It is highly unpredictable. Investors w ...

Time is the key to investment, not timing, says Plan B's chief in NZ

What do you do when you have new money when you want to invest? ... money into an asset class that is under-represented in your portfolio. Hold the money in a cash (i.e. money market) account, and wait until you have a rebalancing opportunity. I follow this approach

But there isn't an asset class devoted to making money from volatility, so investors throw their money at hedge funds anyway, generally in the hope that if a fund hasn't blown up yet, it might somehow avoid blowing up in future. ...