When it comes to investing, savvy money managers advise that you spread your money – that is, you “diversify” your investments in 2016. Diversification protects you from losing your assets in a market slowdown of certain liquid and fixed funds. The sharp volatility in stock prices in recent years is proof enough; that putting all your eggs in one basket is a risky strategy. And risk is not spread from having a lot of investments, i.e. many investments do not make your portfolio diversified. To be diversified, you need to have lots of different kinds of assets and thus financial planners across the globe harp on asset allocation for a balanced portfolio.
“An investment in real estate can never be a bad idea” is the leading thought in the Indian market. This is because Indian real estate prices have been booming (especially in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities) and this helps future sellers to capitalize on secondary markets to make a quick profit before the land prices hit an all time high.