Oliver's Insights: Five charts on investing to keep in mind in uncertain times like now

The key points are:

  • The US intervention in the war with Iran has substantially increased the risk of disruption to global oil supplies and a deeper impact on share markets.

  • But predicting how this will all unfold is hard. The key is to stay focussed on the basic principles of successful investing.

  • These five charts focus on principles of investing critical in times like now: the power of compound interest; don’t get blown off by the cycle; the roller coaster of investor emotion; the wall of worry; and market timing is hard.

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