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How to rebalance your portfolio

May 14, 2009

I have previously discussed why rebalancing your portfolio is a good idea. In short, by reducing or adding to your holdings in different asset classes, you can smooth your returns and keep risk within a level you can tolerate. How do you actually do it? Well, rebalancing is definitely an art more than a science. [...]

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Strategies for investing in bear markets

April 7, 2009

This is the final part in a series of three posts on riding out a bear market. To be sociable and mix things up a bit, the first two posts are on two other splendid financial blogs: MoneyNing (Part 1: Beat market volatility by being boring) Investing School (Part 2: Ignore your portfolio for months [...]

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The 6 reasons small caps can supercharge your investment returns

December 29, 2008

Small cap stocks can increase your portfolio returns, but they’re also more risky investments than large caps. In this post I’ll outline the six key advantages of investing in small caps versus bigger companies, and I’ll also point out some of the extra risks. Advantage #1: Smaller companies are less well researched An army of [...]

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How to spot a bear market bottom

November 30, 2008

Legendary investor Jim Slater lived through the 1970s bear market: the worst crash since the 1930s. (The London share index was at a 21-year low in 1975.) His tips on spotting a bear market bottom (my comments in italics): Cash is king At the bottom of a bear market, everyone agrees cash is the best [...]

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Grow your income with dividends from high yield shares: HYP Part I

September 5, 2007

“Buy! Buy! Buy!” shout the city folk in blue braces from one side of the trading pit. “Sell! Sell! Sell!” retort those with red neckties. Whatever happened to “Wait! Wait! Wait!” wonders your writer? These days sharetrading is conducted via computer – the trading is often done automatically according to decisions made by the computers [...]

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