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.