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Anonymous

17 Jul 2020

General Investing

In a crisis, should I buy growth stocks or buy defensive stocks?

Which gives higher risk adjusted returns?

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Billy

17 Jul 2020

Development & Acquisitions Manager at Real Estate Private Equity

A lot also depends on the industry the growth stocks are in and what sort of crisis you're referring to. Take a look now, you see many tech growth stocks at 52 week highs. But if the crisis is tech-related such as the dot.com bubble period, I'm pretty sure it'd be vice-versa.

Hence, I minimise my volatility by ensuring I have low beta stocks as well.

Lin Yun Heng

17 Jul 2020

Senior Analyst at Delphi

Investing shouldn't be binary, why not buy both? You should research and do your own due diligience regarding this

I'd recommend to leave the concept of buying dependent on situations (crisis), but better buy regula...

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