[Smart Investing] Coping with market volatility

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5 August 2020 Hi everyone,  In this week’s Smart Investing, we take a look at some ways to cope with market volatility. Although market swings can be frightening, it is worth remembering that volatility is a normal and necessary part of investing.  Vanguard Senior Financial Writer Tony Kaye also discusses the looming downturn in company dividends and why investors should look at their equity holdings from a total return perspective.  Lastly, we have included a video on index funds and how they can benefit investors.  As always, feel free to email us with your questions or feedback.  Regards, Robin Bowerman Head of Corporate Affairs Vanguard Australia

Coping with market volatility By: Robin Bowerman Recent volatility in investment markets can be frightening when you're saving for retirement, but one of the key lessons from history is that volatility is a normal and necessary part of investing. Read more

Dealing with the dividend downturn By: Tony Kaye The latest Australian corporate earnings reporting season is now underway, and it's widely expected many listed companies will announce cuts to their shareholder dividend payments. Read more

Understanding indexing By closely tracking market returns, indexing offers investors a number of potential benefits. You can easily diversify your portfolio across industries, asset classes and securities, in Australia and overseas. Watch video

VANGUARD IN THE NEWS Vanguard veteran Jim Norris blazes an international trail Chris Flood | Financial Times | 2 August 2020  The competitive fire that drove Jim Norris to the 1991 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo still burns fiercely three decades later. Mr Norris, one of a select group to run a sub-four-minute mile, admits that his pace has slowed. But there is no let-up in his efforts to expand Vanguard across the world.  To read more, please visit the Financial Times website. Please note the link above will show a copy of the article (where freely available), or the publisher's website if a subscription is required.

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