Identify stress points such as inadequate income and reset of return expectations from different assets The new financial year has started on an uncertain note—of a kind that you may not have dealt with earlier—with the seismic effects of the covid-19 pandemic likely to be felt across the economy, jobs and livelihoods.
The tumult in the real economy has communicated the stress to the financial markets too. The long-term investment horizon suitable for equity that was anything over three years depending upon who you spoke to briefly expanded to over 15 years if you wanted to earn better returns than what a bank savings account gives.