The general election factor


Wong: ‘The FBM KLCI has underperformed regional markets this year.’

StarBizWeek speaks to six fund managers and it's pretty unanimous that the 13th General Election (GE) is the stumbling block hanging over everyone's portfolio and investment choices. Until the election saga is completely over, fund managers will still be adopting their cautious stance and sticking to higher cash allocations and defensive stocks.

Nonetheless there is light at the end of the tunnel.

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