Blue-chip stocks are typically large companies with good reputations which often inspire the assumption that they will always be around, but even they can fall by the wayside eventually; are you certain that your blue-chip stock will continue to give you the returns over the long-term?

The world is more tightly knit and globalised than you may think. Assessing the exposure of an equity portfolio is not just looking at where companies are based, but also about where their revenues are generated.

Holding a handful of different funds or investments, or spreading your assets across different financial institutions does not mean you are diversifying the right way.

Holding a diversified portfolio lets you have the best of all worlds.

When it comes to investing, you shouldn’t love your country too much.