Stay focused on underlying economics, not politics-driven market dips: Manulife

SINGAPORE (May 25): Global markets continued to rally in April following Emmanuel Macron’s landslide victory in the French presidential election.

But Manulife Asset Management believes that while investors are right to capitalise on politics-driven market dips, they should stay focused on the underlying economics as the key to forming a more sustainable investment strategy.

“In Europe, there will always be an election in the offing somewhere or other, which might seem a good excuse for more hesitant investors to hold back. That rarely turns out to be a good investment strategy,” says Manulife’s senior Asia strategist Geoff Lewis. “Do not let your investment decisions depend solely on some future date in the political diary.”

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