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Demystifying Volatility Investors shell-shocked by a recent period of extreme volatility may focus on avoiding exposure to volatility at all costs. However, those using the rear-view mirror to reduce volatility may risk long-term underperformance. |
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Eight Novel ETFs Looking to Break Into 2013 These proposed funds run the gamut from simple to complex. All are intriguing. |
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Hedging Real Estate Ways to hedge a client's real estate are coming out of the woodwork. But are the newest real estate derivative products worth using for clients? |
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Backward Thinking When most people think of auctions, they picture the price going up. But there's a different game in the B2B world. It's called the "reverse auction." |
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Market Zigzags and Your Money Unless you stick with ultra-safe investments such as Treasury bills or bank CDs, volatility and investing go hand-in-hand. |
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The Year in Hedge Funds In a year marked by high volatility in the financial markets, the 10 strategies tracked by the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index outperformed major global equity indexes and experienced lower volatility than the overall markets. |
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Recommended Legal Reading Avoid ugly financial surprises by scrutinizing the tiny type. In many cases, you can negotiate better terms than the ones outlined in a contract. Employment contracts and mortgage agreements, even some cell-phone plans, often have wiggle room. |
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Vendor Smackdown CIOs have been squeezing vendors for more than a year now, and in 2003 any vendor wanting to win new business or renew contracts will need to respond to very tough questions about ROI and demands for concessions that would have been unheard of a few years ago. |
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Finding The Cracks In Your Clients' Portfolios Which strategies are best able to deflect volatility in client portfolios when real market stress shows up? |
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Extreme Bullishness: Which Oil Stocks Are Expected to Climb Higher? Which oil stocks should you be avoiding if oil prices pull back? |
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The Time Bomb in Your Portfolio The time bomb in your portfolio is inflation, and you need stocks to make sure it doesn't do you in. Any money you don't need for at least three years should be invested in stocks. |
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Market Uncertainty Drives Investors Toward Index-Based Equity Funds European sovereign debt concerns and the U.S. debt-ceiling debacle spurred market volatility, pushing investors toward index-based equity funds. |
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Riding Recent REIT Volatility: Wild Ride REITs have demonstrated increased volatility lately, but is it here to stay? |
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August 2012
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How Embracing Risk Can Make You Rich In order to trade options successfully, you need to have a firm grasp of what makes certain stocks more attractive for options plays -- and which don't justify the risk involved. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2010
Geoff Considine |
Cracking the Code All portfolio strategies depend on the expected level of stock market volatility. The assumed future volatilities of equities and other risky assets have substantial implications for determining whether a specific portfolio is suitable to an investor's needs. |
