Shane Oliver, Head of Investment Strategy and Chief Economist.
The attached note looks at why super and growth assets like shares should be seen as long term investments. The key points are as follows:
While growth assets like shares go through bouts of short-term underperformance versus bonds & cash, they provide superior long-term returns. It makes sense that superannuation has a high exposure to them.
The best approach is to simply recognise that super and investing in shares is a long-term investment.