I recently invested quite a large amount for the first time in a few different mixed bonds (the bonds invest in a huge number of companies, based out of different countries) through Aviva (inherited money.)
My understanding was this was the best way to invest, whilst not being silly, for long term (upward of 5 years) and having money in higher risk meant long term it was more likely to generate larger amounts of interest.
The 4 investment bonds I chose are all mixed asset and the risk's are: 3, 4, 6 & another 6.
They have all gone down quite significantly (overall \~3.5%) and I have only had the investments in place since January. I'm quite concerned due to the drop over quite a small amount of time. I appreciate the idea is that long term they make back (and some) what they have lost, but I'm surprised they've all only gone down.
Either I've made a massive mistake, or the whole market is in decline. Should I withdraw all the money, or is this effecting everyone?