Archive for the ‘Mutual Funds’ Category
July 25th, 2009
Which of your investments worried you most during the recent market correction? If it was one of your smaller holdings, you're not alone.
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July 19th, 2009
The date October 13, 2000 will forever be embedded in my
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July 15th, 2009
Believe that a part of the economy will be particularly strong or a part of the stock market is undervalued?
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July 15th, 2009
Imagine the scenario where you could make an investment that has the opportunity for growth in the financial markets and comes with a guarantee that it won't lose money. No, this is not the stuff of dreams. In the real world it is called a segregated fund and you can get one if you are a Canadian citizen.
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July 11th, 2009
A mutual fund (called 'unit trust' in Asia) is an investment vehicle that pools money from many individual investors. A professional fund manager invests and manages these funds into stocks, bonds and other securities.
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July 1st, 2009
Value investing is the secret to long-term growth. The ones who can learn about it will be more adept at handling the fluctuations of the market than those who cannot pick up this skill. The basic characteristic of value investing is that it involves buying securities - the shares of which seem under-priced by basic analysis. In fact, the essence of value investing may be said to be purchasing stocks at a value that is less than their intrinsic value.
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June 26th, 2009
Recent market reversals brought about by the Sub-Prime mortgage melt down is clearly a significant market correcting event. No matter if you work in the risk department of a large bank with many employees or a small fund of funds as co-manager, you share the same basic concerns regarding the management of your portfolio(s)
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June 26th, 2009
The benefits of investing in mutual funds are diverse and varies based on the type of mutual funds you invest in. If you are looking for an investment vehicle to save many over the long run, mutual fund investing is a great option. Depending on your risk profile and the type of results you are looking for in an investment, there will be a fund out there that meets your needs. For long term investments, they are a great ways to save money.
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June 24th, 2009
The S&P 500 is up about 7.5% thus far this year. That's a good return for just over six months. Will it keep going up? Consider this. The earnings of the S&P 500 companies are expected to grow by about 5% in 2007, according to a leading Wall Street brokerage firm. That means if the market was fairly valued at the beginning of 2007 and there were no big changes as to how investors think about the market, the S&P should only go up by 5% in 2007. Hence, game over. Come back next year.
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June 22nd, 2009
This is one of the leading markets on which to trade in the United States. For starters, the Dow is composed of only 30 large cap stocks. The New York Stock Exchange, sometimes called "The Big Board", on the other hand, consists of roughly 3,000 companies at a value of around $17 trillion and is one of the largest markets in the world in stocks and bonds trading.
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