The average investor’s guide to war
Friday, 30 Aug 2013 | 2:41 PM ET
Markets don't like uncertainty, and there is nothing more volatile than a looming war, let alone a war in the Middle East, where the potential ripple effects and fear of an oil supply disruption can wreak havoc on the global economy.
But is war an event that the long-term investor can profit from, or in the least, is it an event that the average investor needs to prepare for, akin to a military campaign within the portfolio?
Financial advisors caution against investors putting too much, if any, stake in the current showdown between the United States and its allies, and Syria. It comes back to the most basic impulse that financial advisors warn investors against confusing for an investment principle: trying to time the market.
That slippery slope doesn't change whether the timing relates to a Fed taper, a fiscal cliff or an F-16 fighter jet gassing up on an aircraft carrier off the coast of Syria.
More: http://www.cnbc.com/id/100999370
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