Five investments for a balanced portfolio

If your investments are too narrowly-focused, it can spell disaster - a balanced portfolio can weather the storms much more easily. Theo Casey explains why, and picks five ways to lay a solid foundation for your wealth.

When markets get carried away and "overshoot" as they invariably do, there is, sooner or later, a consequence that affects us all.

In 2007, after four years of relentlessly rising markets, cracks started to appear. And in 2008 the bubble burst in spectacular fashion following the Lehman Brothers collapse.

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