Oliver's insights: Shares down on the oil shock - 5 key charts for investors to keep in mind

The key points are:

  • The War with Iran has led to a surge in oil prices & worries of stagflation which has pushed share markets sharply lower.

  • 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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