One of important strategies for long-term success with investing in equity markets is diversification. The benefits of diversification cannot be understated regardless of the size of one’s portfolio. I have posted many articles on this topic in the past some of which can be found here and here and here and here. I recently came …
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One of the important topics that I have written about many times in the past is Market Timing. Some of those posts can be found here, here, here and here. I came across an interesting article by Fidelity Investments discussing ways to deal with market volatility. From the article: Click to enlarge U.S. stock market returns represented …
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The U.S. is probably the only country in the world to be home to millions of pet animals. Americans keep all kinds of animals as pets with dogs and cats topping the list. Similar to expenses involved in raising a child, Americans spend billions of dollars for their pets. According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal …
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Many years have passed since the global financial crisis(GFC) of 2008-09. Fresh with memory of the collapse of many financial institutions, investors are still avoiding bank stocks like rotten fish.However that need not be the case. Of the thousands of banks operating the U.S. the majority are conservative well-run institutions. Even the ones that were …
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The following Periodic Table of Investment Returns shows why diversification in a portfolio is very important. Regardless of how big one’s portfolio is it is wise to spread the asset among various asset classes and not put everything in a single basket. Click to enlarge KEY: ◼ Cash represented by the Citigroup 3-Month T-Bill Index, …