If one were to look at high return investments, there could be a couple of places one might look. Growth funds might be an obvious starting point, but is quite likely too generic a field to find something with true, high returns. In most cases, one will have to resort to specialized fields. Over the [...]
As far as growth mutual funds are concerned, Dryden offers one of the top performing mutual funds out there in its financial services specialty fund; the Dryden Finances Services Fund. With nearly $13 billion under management, the expectations for this fund are quite high. And with a new manager handling the investments since January 2009 [...]
Different investment management techniques are as common different brands and styles of jeans. Since this site is focused on Mutual Funds as the investment vehicle of choice, the rogue investment management techniques you will find here are as exotic as, say, foreign brands of beer. Sorta special, but not exactly out of reach either. The [...]
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 [...]
Very few small cap mutual funds can defy gravity. There are several reasons why this niche should expect trouble in 2010, based primarily on the fact that with weaker financial statements, obtaining credit at all (or at reasonable rates if they can) makes growth strategies difficult for small cap companies to execute. This makes investment [...]
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 [...]
Insofar as mutual funds are concerned, balanced funds are those all-encompassing funds that can meet an array of investment management requirements. In many cases, people who are new to investments and want to know where to invest with the least amount of risk while still enjoying an accurately built asset allocation model will start out [...]
