Please click the link below to view Shane Oliver's view on the recent falls in world share markets.

Key points covered are:

• Periods of declines and volatility in share markets are a normal part of the way they work
• Share markets fall tend to be deepest when associated with recession (particularly US recessions)
• Share market falls boost the medium term return potential from shares and once share markets bottom they are invariably followed by a strong rebound.
• Trying to time the bottom though is always hard, so averaging in after falls makes sense for those looking to allocate cash to shares