Anthony Bolton warns credit crisis will infect stock markets like a 'cancer'

"I remember that the effects can take some time to work their way through, but when they do, they act like a cancer - starting in one area and then slowly spreading to others. I would expect the contagion to seep into most stock markets."

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A Day In The Life of Anthony Bolton

Independent News had an interesting article about Anthony Bolton, managing director and senior portfolio manager of Fidelity International, on Aug. 17, 2007.

I highlight some Mr. Bolton's insightful ideas :

• One thing I have learned in following the market is that it is cyclical and that it doesn't go up for ever or down for ever. When it has been going up steadily for four years, there will be setbacks.
• When everyone is bullish, I like to be more cautious, and vice versa. I was expecting something to come along, and one never knows what the catalyst will be.
• Anyone who runs a mainly long-only fund can't go up when everything is going down, but one can protect oneself [from going down too far].
• My message to individual investors was: Don't panic but be prepared for volatile markets for a while.
• You buy stocks you want on bad days and sell stocks you don't want on good days.

Article Direct Link - A Day In The Life Of: Leading fund manager Anthony Bolton.