Posts tagged ‘Asset allocation’

From the end of 1999 through the end of 2009, all of the popular Wall Street market performance measurement tools were in the red. The average bloodletting level of the DJIA, the S & P 500, and the NASDAQ was a disturbing-to-some minus nineteen percent.

The Media has dubbed it “The Dismal Decade”.

Most of the investment community is either open-mouthed in shock or strident in blame about the somethings or someones who must be responsible for such horrific performance. Never again they swear to their clients— without ever a hint that they might themselves be the problem.

It won’t be long before the Wizards of Wall Street announce that they have studied the situation, and readied their sales minions to switch the shattered investment public into yet another fail proof (fool-magnet?) portfolio of hedges, gimmicks, signal responders, and panaceas for whatever the new decade brings. Continue reading ‘A Dismal Decade? No Way – Market Cycle Investing’ »

Posted by Morgan on March 13, 2012 at 12:37 pm under Investing.
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Comments Off.

Asset allocation is crucial for the upkeep of one’s wealth. It starts with the intention of creating a well-diversified portfolio and consists of dividing the investments with foresight among several different categories of all assets such as real estate, stocks, bonds, and cash. To increase wealth, all the categories have one precept in common, Buy low; sell high. To keep the wealth, however, one will need to diversify wisely.

Stocks are the most volatile of all the categories with unbearable losses at times, but they may also offer the highest returns. Picking diverse groups of stocks may somewhat limit the losses, although this may mean sacrificing big gains. Bonds still offer good returns even if not as high as stocks, but they may be slightly safer. Cash and cash equivalents of savings are savings accounts, certificates of deposits known as CDs, money market accounts, and Treasurys that come as bills, bonds, and notes, according to the time frames they are issued in. Unless inflation is in the horizon, with cash and cash equivalents, the nest egg will not lose its value, but it will not gain much either. Continue reading ‘The Ultimate Protection Against the Loss of The Nest Egg – Asset Allocation’ »

Posted by Morgan on October 11, 2011 at 12:38 am under Retirement-Planning.
Tags: , ,
Comments Off.

Balanced funds are not created equally. The reason for this is simple; no two people really want the same thing. This makes sense. Some investors want active management in terms of picking the right assets because they do not have the time or know-how to pick those stocks for themselves. Other investors know that security picking is not always a winning strategy and as a result want their mutual fund manager to adopt a more of a buy-and-hold strategy and to manage their portfolio in a way that they are never over-exposed to any given asset class at any time.

Strategic Balanced Funds

As the name implies, strategic balanced funds take a strategic approach to managing their assets. In plain English this simply means that investment managers will determine their strategy up front and will stick to it throughout the investment process. Continue reading ‘Difference Between Tactical and Strategic Asset Allocation’ »

Incoming search terms:

  • diff between strategic and tactical asset allocation using example in india

Posted by Morgan on February 6, 2010 at 11:36 am under Mutual-Funds.
Tags: , , ,
Comments Off.