Learn to profit from volatility in this year of normalisation, Lombard Odier CIO tells investors

SINGAPORE (Feb 20): Sharp movements in markets have been a wake-up call for complacent investors, but this should not have come as a surprise, says Lombard Odier Private Bank in its CIO Viewpoint February report.

The normalisation of monetary policy brings challenges to financial markets and 10 years after the Global Financial Crisis, economies are starting to stand on their own two feet again, says CIO Stéphane Monier.

"It may not feel like it for many investors this month, but volatility is the market’s friend," says Monier. In fact, corrections of the kind investors saw in the early days of February perform several useful functions.

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