Analysis Topic: Market Oracle's Stocks Portfolio
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The Battle for the UK Current Bank Account Switcher / Portfolio / UK Banking
By: MoneyFacts
Moneyfacts research has shown that there has been an increasing amount of switcher incentives introduced in the last few weeks.
High street lenders including Halifax, HSBC and Santander have all launched deals to attract new customers, offering a cash payment or interest-free overdrafts.
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Investors How Much Cash Should You Hold? / Portfolio / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
As you might imagine, I receive a lot of questions from readers around the world and right now the question I'm being asked most frequently is, "How much cash should I be holding?"
There's no right answer, but given the extraordinary times we're living in, I think the more interesting thing to consider is "what to do with it?"
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Investor Moves to Make Before Debt Ceiling Debacles Disfigures Your Portfolio / Portfolio / US Debt
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
One night at dinner a few years back, my Dad, Greg Fitz-Gerald, explained exactly why the "tax-takers" in Washington think that recoveries, bailouts, negotiations and stimulus packages are a good idea - while the taxpayers believe just the opposite.
"When you rob Peter to pay Paul, Paul generally thinks this is a good idea," he said.
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
How to Build a "Stockless" Investment Portfolio / Portfolio / Investing 2011
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
I've lectured on investment strategies the world over, but I recently got one of the most intriguing questions I've been asked in a long time at the Global Currency Expo in San Diego, California.
An attendee asked me: "Is it possible to achieve decent performance if I don't want to include stocks?"
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Bullish, But Nervous? Here's how to protect your Stock Profits - and make more... / Portfolio / Options & Warrants
By: Money_Morning
By Larry D. Spears writes:
Since bottoming out in early July, the stock market has turned in a brilliant performance, giving many investors Christmas stockings bulging with profits. However, it also has left a lot of investors nervous - though not the ones that know how to use options.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Time to Fine Tune Your Investment Portfolio / Portfolio / Learning to Invest
By: Nilus_Mattive
In my last couple of columns, I told you about two different portfolios that I’ve been running, both of which contain dividend stocks and have been performing very strongly.
That prompted some of you to write in asking what differentiates these two portfolios. It’s a great question and it raises the bigger issue of how you can tweak your own portfolio to better suit your goals and individual tolerance for risk.
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
This Simple Step Could Save Your Investment Portfolio / Portfolio / Risk Analysis
By: Jared_Levy
Just about every stockbroker, financial advisor or money manager worth their weight in salt knows that diversification is a major way to us to manage investment risk.
But here's what most -- professionals and retail investors alike fail to remember: Diversification doesn't just mean choosing to invest in different companies that do different things and that's it. Creating real diversity and ultimately protecting your investment portfolio involves a little more work, which amazingly, most professionals still get wrong.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Investor Portfolio Diversification is Dead / Portfolio / Investing 2010
By: INO
Shocking new market research indicates
DIVERSIFICATION DOESN’T WORK ANYMORE.
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
A Value Investors View of Portfolio Risk vs. Diversification / Portfolio / Risk Analysis
By: Hans_Wagner
Diversification is the one of the ways to reduce risk, or so we learned. While a properly diversified portfolio might reduce your risk of loss, it also lowers the chance you have to achieve market-beating returns.
If you are a value investor, you find that your approach already reduces your risk of loss without having to resort to various diversification schemes.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Ramp Up Your Stocks Portfolio’s Growth with Dividend Reinvestment Plans / Portfolio / Dividends
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
With interest rates near all-time lows and equity markets in flux for much of the past decade, dividends have become an increasingly attractive feature for stock investors. But, while it's always nice to receive those quarterly checks, dividends do little to help you grow your wealth if all you do is spend the money as it comes in.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
How to 'Stress Test' Your Investment Portfolio / Portfolio / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Jack Barnes writes: Back when I was a portfolio manager, I was always looking at ways to "stress test" my portfolio. In other words, I was on the constant lookout for ways to hedge my holdings, guard against risk, and to anticipate anything the market could throw at the stocks, bonds, options and other investments contained in my portfolio.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Managed Closed End Funds --- Solid Income Investments in Liquid Form / Portfolio / Investment Funds
By: Steve_Selengut
A Closed End Fund (CEF) is a publicly traded investment company that invests in a variety of securities such as stocks, bonds, preferred stocks, real estate, mortgages, oil and gas royalties, etc. The variety of sectors, classifications, and geographical representation is every bit as confusing as it is with traditional funds, but the advantages are easy to understand.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Stocks Portfolio Relative Returns vs. Absolute Returns / Portfolio / Investing 2010
By: Money_and_Markets
Monty Agarwal writes: The term “relative returns” refers to returns as compared to a benchmark index. Most money managers, such as mutual funds, will aim to produce returns that beat a benchmark, e.g. the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq 100.
Friday, January 08, 2010
Investors Search for Income, Preferred Stocks Secret / Portfolio / Dividends
By: Andy_Sutton
One thing that is unlikely to change as we begin a new year and decade is the fact that savers continue to sit in the corner wearing the proverbial dunce cap. They’re an often unmentioned casualty in a world of bailouts, big government spending, and general financial irresponsibility. In a normal, healthy economy, savers would be the focus of attention. In our deviant economy, however, where more people are employed by government than goods-producing industries, savers are disregarded. Harsh words? Absolutely. Certainly no one in charge has actually come out and said it, but as the old adage goes, actions speak much louder than words.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Stock Market Portfolio Risk Management / Portfolio / Investing 2010
By: Hans_Wagner
One of the most basic tenets of portfolio risk management is, do not lose money. Understanding the risk, you are assuming and how you intend to mitigate this risk is what separates successful investors from those that never make any money.