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Understanding Asset Allocation While Building a Portfolio
A portfolio is essentially the sum of all of your different investments. These investments will probably include stocks, which are investments in individual businesses; bonds, which are investments in… Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Assessing Risk While Building a Portfolio
When dealing with investments, risk essentially refers to the chance that investments will decline in value. Obviously, this decline would result in a net loss, so risk can be considered the potential… Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Diversifying Your Portfolio
The goal of diversification is to reduce the risk involved in building a portfolio. Volatility is limited by the fact that not all asset classes or industries or individual companies move up and down … Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »International Stocks
Stocks are obviously not unique to the United States. In fact, the U.S. equity market makes up less than half of the global equity market, so there are indeed many opportunities for investing in stock… Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Introduction to Commodities
A commodity is any physical substance, such as food, grains, and metals, which is interchangeable with another product of the same type, and which investors buy or sell, usually through futures contra… Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Introduction to Bonds
Bonds have long been considered the boring, poorer performing alternative to stocks. However, in most portfolios, there is an important role to be played by bonds and it is crucial to understand the n… Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Basic Bonds Terminology
While you can probably pick up a lot about how the stock market works simply from following the news, the same cannot be said for the bond market. Because it is considered less exciting, the bond mark… Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Yield, Duration and Ratings of Bonds
Yield The yield of a bond is, roughly speaking, the return on the bond. The yield is expressed as an annual percentage of the face amount. However, yield is a little more c… Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Advanced Bond Concepts
Bonds often have special characteristics that affect the desirability of the bond and/or its purchase price. This section will review some of the unusual features that bonds may carry. … Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Corporate Bonds
Bonds issued by a corporation are called corporate bonds. When a company needs to raise funds for some type of investment or expenditure, they often turn to the public markets for funding. One way to … Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Municipal Bonds
Municipal bonds are bonds issued by any municipal organization including cities, counties, states, and school districts. The purpose of these bonds is for general expenditures or to fund specific proj… Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Treasury Bonds
Treasury bonds are issued by the government of the United States in order to pay for government projects. The money paid out for a Treasury bond is essentially a loan to the government. As with any lo… Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Savings Bonds
Savings Savings bonds are also issued by the U.S. treasury. They differ from other Treasury securities in several ways. Savings bonds are non-marketable, meaning that they … Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Less Popular Types of Bonds
Agency Other government agencies and organizations issue securities to fund their own projects. While these bonds often deliver higher returns than Treasury securities beca… Read More »
Article in Portfolio Management »Benefits and Risks Associated with Bonds
While bonds traditionally earn lower returns than stocks, that does not mean there isn't a place in your portfolio for bonds. The most common reason for investors to purchase bonds are below: … Read More »
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