Liontrust Views Spring 2023 - Flipbook - Page 10
AGE.
A STAGE FOR AN
Where and when to invest often depends on someone’s stage of life. It could be buying a house,
planning for school or university fees, or preparing for retirement. The aim is the same – to make
money – but the strategy will vary considerably.
Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
FTSE All Share
2,500%
UK Retail Price
Inflation
1997
Asian
financial crisis
1992
Black
Wednesday
2,000%
1,000%
1986
Big Bang
1994
Great bond
massacre
1989
Savings and
Loan crisis hits
the US
.com
2003
Second
Gulf War
1998
Collapse of
Long Term
Capital
Management
hedge fund
1987
Black Monday
1,500%
2000
Bursting of
tech bubble
Cash
2001
9/11 terror
attacks
500%
0%
1987
The Simpsons
short airs on The
Tracey Ullman Show
1985
First British
mobile phone
call made
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1989
Fall of the
Berlin Wall
1990
Nelson Mandela
released from
prison
1992
Maastricht
treaty signed
1993
Jurassic Park
film released
1995
WTO goes
into effect
1997
UK hands sovereignty of
Hong Kong to China
2000
First series of
Big Brother
2004
Mark
Zuckerberg
creates
Facebook
