Pick 'n' mix for sweeter returns: Why a diverse portfolio is the best remedy for a mixed-up world

The best ways to survive myriad headwinds

2020 is almost over, but the dual headwinds of coronavirus and Brexit show no signs of stopping beyond 31 December. How best to tackle those issues and keep portfolios strong? The answer is diversification, as the Jupiter Independent Funds team explain.

As the year closes, equity indices, especially those in the US, are chasing all-time highs. That could have been written a year ago. Who would have thought within three months of writing the 2020 outlook, the world would be turned upside down by Covid-19. Therein lies the inherent risk of writing crystal ball-gazing outlook pieces. But what of the future? Covid-19 will still dominate events in 2021. The various pipeline vaccines cannot come too quickly for some semblance of normal social behaviour to resume. Not surprisingly, markets reacted strongly to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine ann...