Three strategies to survive a bear market

It remains debatable as to whether or not we're in a bear market already, but the continued absence of any lasting recovery is wearing investor confidence down. Jeremy Batstone explains how to adapt your investment strategy to the new climate.

Bear markets, it is said, are defined both by their depth and their duration. Although certain global equity indices have fallen by around 20% or more from their 52-week peak, developed market benchmark indices have not yet fallen to levels that would naturally categorise the latest set-back as plunging us into a traditional bear market.

However, the continued absence of any lasting recovery is beginning, at last, to wear investor confidence down. Attempted rallies have been crushed, to be replaced with further weakness and volatility.

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