While mutual funds by themselves offer tremendous diversification potential within sectors, industries, market capitalization and so on, unless you invest in balanced funds, proper asset allocation is usually only achieved by holding different types of asset classes. Understandably, giving up the potential for aggressive gains in growth funds (which are usually suggested through historical return [...]
It seems that any time positive news comes out about the state of the economy, growth funds and small-cap funds in particular get a nifty little boost in value. It stands to reason, of course, that as the markets react to such positive news, so too should mutual funds. But what mutual funds stand to [...]
Choosing the right growth funds for 2010 is not an easy task. Normally, this might not pose such a problem because growth funds tend to perform over the long-term, unlike some other mutual funds which perform better at certain times in the year or economic cycle. But after a fairly remarkable 2009 to follow up [...]
Our site has seen a lot of traffic coming in to see what our 2010 Top Pick has been… and why. Although more and more investment sites are starting to see the true potential in high yield investments, there is still a lot of negativity when it comes to these types of mutual funds particularly [...]
Questions about where to invest money invariably come down to finding the right asset allocation model for the investor. The process of asset allocation normally becomes a tad simpler when the investor is looking at mutual funds as a way to not only secure solid returns (good and bad) but proper investment management. Defining the [...]
Okay, you have just three years and a hundred thousand dollars burning a hole in your pocket. Three measly years and you need to know where to invest that money so that, in three years when you need that investment, you know that you have not risked that money for the sake of return. Where [...]
The question: Who is Anthony Bolton? is to the investment industry what the question: Who was Rodrigo Borgia is to the Catholic faithful. For those who are unfamiliar with Borgia, who later became Pope Alexander VI, let’s say that he was to the Vatican what Bolton is to Investment Management. Okay, comparing Bolton to one [...]
Education savings plans have increased in popularity over the past decade or so. As people have struggled with savings for their children’s education, so too have they struggled with where to invest the money they set aside every week, month or year. But interestingly, they struggle less when it comes to the mutual funds that [...]
There are times when, as an individual investor, I have to shake my head at some of the bonehead positions that even the world’s best mutual fund managers take. Whether it is an equity fund, a bond fund or balanced fund, evne those people who are known as the world’s “greatest” mutual fund managers make [...]
Generally speaking there are two school of investment management techniques. One is Tactical and the other is Strategic. The latter involves picking and sticking to a particularly asset allocation model from day one, based largely on risk tolerance, maximum time and investment objectives. In other words, if you have 20 years to invest, you have [...]
One of the recurring themes with mutual funds investing is the topic of investment management (it has been stressed throughout these posts). And this, naturally, is where bond funds slip onto the scene. As with every good investment management strategy, bond funds fill the all-important but often overlooked fixed-income pocket of your portfolio. But not [...]
Investment management is one of those things that crosses many investment territories, from a basic term deposit laddering strategy to a more complicated mutual fund investment strategy to complex, corporate strategies involving bought deals, derivatives and other exotic investment vehicles. But ultimately, investment management can be broken down into two simple camps: Strategic Investment Management [...]
If you have the problem of not knowing where to invest $10,000, you have a problem that many people would love to have. But not knowing where to invest is not the true problem; it is a symptom of the problem of not knowing enough about investments and the optimal investment vehicles. While some people [...]
We talk a lot about the importance of building an all-inclusive portfolio in our Asset Allocation section. As far as Investment Management is concerned, you really need to incorporate all of the different asset classes in order to maintain a properly diversified portfolio that is sure to perform over the long-term and provide steady income [...]
Big Wealth? Low risk? With a mutual fund of all things? How realistic is such a statement? Realistically? Well, a doubling your income with growth funds is very likely. In fact, there are some very reliable growth funds that offer tremendous opportunities for investors to double their assets. Maybe not in a single year, but [...]
