When Market Volatility Rocks the Boat

Market conditions are often likened to the weather, and appropriately so – they can change as quickly and be as damaging! When the water gets choppy, and the passengers get restless, it’s easy to opt for a more secure vessel; to jump ship. But changing vehicles doesn’t necessarily change the water in which you’re sailing. Sometimes, it’s not just about changing the boat; it’s about sailing in entirely different waters.

Ultimately, market volatility drives alternative options. When there is plain sailing, no one looks for other ideas. But, when the conditions change, innovation gives rise to more options that can turn into a more fruitful journey in the long run.

Your clients and network may very well look to you when this happens and expect you to have a list of alternatives available. Hopefully, some of the more alacritous investors will be looking for this opportunity long before the weather changes and rocks their boats.

As Laura, Founder and CEO of Greenpark Platinum, says: “I think that in times of market volatility, especially given the recency of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, alternatives are such an important and wise allocation to portfolios.”

For years, Greenpark Platinum has been building and securing a recognised reputation in the litigation finance sector. This is because, whilst the recent upsets in the markets from COVID-19 in 2020 to East-European conflict in 2022, market volatility is nothing new, and diversification has always been a way to mitigate risk exposure.

Litigation finance is not market-linked, meaning it is an asset class that produces strong and absolute returns. The value of litigation finance claims are not derived from or influenced by traditional asset pricing mechanisms like the stock markets and do not tend to move with fluctuations in the economy. This uniqueness provides a more stable return on investment forecasts.

Many investors, both novice and mature, will be looking for short-term options to either recover recent losses, diversify their portfolios, or simply expand their appetite for investment success. If you’ve seen this already, you’ll know that this only gives credence to Mann’s sentiment above.

Whether your choice to explore litigation finance is reactive or proactive, you will be fortifying your options and offering your network a more comprehensive range of options for their investment journeys.

A rocked boat doesn’t need to be a bad thing; what’s important is that you have a better option ready when you decide to jump ship.