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How to choose the best long-term investments

As an investor, choosing suitable long-term investments is critical for preserving your wealth, achieving your financial objectives, and leaving a legacy for your loved ones and the causes you care about. With so many options available, it can be challenging to know where to begin.

Here are some key considerations when choosing the best long-term investments for your lifestyle and your financial goals:

  • Diversification: Diversifying your portfolio across multiple asset classes, such as equities, bonds, real estate, and alternative investments, is essential for managing risk and achieving long-term growth.
     
  • Risk Tolerance: Understanding your risk tolerance is critical. While higher-risk investments may offer higher returns, they come with greater risk.
     
  • Time Horizon: Consider your investment time horizon and choose investments that align with your objectives. Longer investment horizons allow for more risk, while shorter ones require a more conservative approach.
     
  • Fees and Expenses: Understand the fees and expenses associated, including management fees, transaction costs, and taxes. These can impact your overall returns, so choosing investments with lower fees and expenses can be an important factor.

 

Read: How much of my wealth should I invest?

 

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This communication should be considered a marketing communication. It has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research. It is for information purposes only and does not constitute advice, a solicitation, recommendation or an offer to buy or sell any security or other investment or banking product or service. You should seek professional advice before making any investment decision. The value of investments, and the income from them can fall as well as rise, and may be affected by exchange rate fluctuations. Investors could get back less than they invest. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. The tax treatment of investments depends upon individual circumstances and may be subject to change.

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