Investment Outlook, September 2011: Investor st...

There are more factors than usual for investors to keep in mind before deciding
where to put their money, despite relatively low valuations in the stock market.
"Is it time to buy?" is a highly individual question with individual answers.
SEB's main scenario is that the economic upturn will continue but at a slower
pace.

Equities and private equity still have the best potential for returns in a 1-2
year perspective. But the risk level is rising, and the voyage ahead may include
a lot of rough seas with violent movements between peaks and troughs. For risk-
averse investors, hedge funds, High Yield bonds and to some extent commodities
are better choices, according to SEB's latest issue of Investment Outlook, a
wide-ranging guide to the current investment climate.

"We have reached a situation where investors have to ask themselves whether
capital or returns should be their main focus. And this will be a balancing act,
where the simple truth is that yesterday's truths are today's untruths," says
Hans Peterson, Global Head of Investment Strategy at SEB Private Banking.

The old "buy and hold" strategy, in which equities were regarded as the only
stable source of returns, is no longer valid. Given today's volatile stock
markets and the risks that fluctuations bring, we must be completely aware of
why we own shares and what purpose they serve in the portfolio we are managing.
General "truths" - for example that global equities "always" return 7-8 per cent
annually - are gross simplifications and to some extent pure lies. It often
requires unreasonably long periods of time for such a statement to prove
correct.

"Financial investors are facing completely new challenges: the new cyclical
pattern, the fact that the economic policy toolkit is almost empty - forcing
countries to resort to unconventional monetary policies - and the fact that
emerging markets as a global economic engine are sensitive to reduced risk
appetite. Taken together, this is a completely new concoction. The report
presents our view of the situation and how investors should act," Mr Peterson
says.


Investment Outlook gives the reader an in-depth look at the investment climate
for seven asset classes, along with suggestions and advice on current risks and
opportunities in the art of investing. The report can be read in its entirety
at

http://newsroom.seb.com/en.


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|                                    |Claes Eliasson, Press & PR               |
|Hans Peterson, Global Head of       |                                         |
|Investment Strategy, SEB Private    |[phone]                         |
|Banking, tel: +46 8 763 69 21       |                                         |
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|SEK 2,201 billion while its assets under management totalled SEK 1,356        |
|billion. The Group has about 17,500 employees. Read more about SEB at         |
|www.sebgroup.com.                                                             |
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