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Navigating a chaotic year

Thiveyen Kathirrasan
Thiveyen Kathirrasan • 13 min read
Navigating a chaotic year
The year 2022 was marked by geopolitical tension, the resurgence of the pandemic, and surging interest rates. Fear and pessimism swept financial markets throughout the year as they attempt to recover.
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Despite plenty of volatility and some bigger than expected hits, our 2022 portfolio continued to beat the benchmarks

The year 2022 was a rather chaotic year for stock markets globally, with a lot of losers and only a handful of winners. The year was marked by geopolitical tension, the resurgence of the pandemic, and surging interest rates. Fear and pessimism swept financial markets throughout the year as they attempt to recover. However, it must be noted that historically, after periods of downturn, stock markets have always recovered well and reached all-time highs subsequently.

The essence of investing, specifically value investing, is to buy undervalued stocks and sell overvalued stocks. Market shocks, more often than not provide investors with an opportunity to buy and sell stocks because they can temporarily distort the price of a stock from its true or intrinsic value. What’s important is the individual investor’s profile, which comprises the willingness to take risks and the capacity to take risks, which should ideally be equivalent.

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