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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We’ve already looked at the benefits of stop losses in a previous post on Monevator. Please do read that introductory stop loss article if you’re not sure what a stop loss is, or why you might want to employ one. Personally, I rarely use stop losses nowadays, especially in the guise of an automatic sell [...]
They say even dead cats bounce, and that’s equally true of markets. While I wouldn’t be surprised to see this week’s stock market rally turn into something more substantial over the next 18 months, I’d be shocked if UK house prices are higher in 2010. I write this in the light of yesterday’s report from [...]
Important: What follows is not a recommendation to buy or sell the Rights and Issues Trust. I’m just a private investor, storing and sharing notes. Read my disclaimer. Rights, Issues and complications The Rights and Issues Trust is a tiny, £33 million split cap investment trust focusing on UK smaller companies. It invests in small [...]
Like many investors who (perhaps foolishly) invest a portion of their funds into individual shares, I’ve an ambivalent relationship to stop loss investing strategies. If a stop loss ‘did what it said on the tin’, I’d have no complaints. Who wouldn’t want to Stop Losses when investing? It sounds like Nirvana, a one-way ticket to [...]
When you invest in a stock, you become a part-owner. When you instead invest in its corporate bonds, you’re instead a creditor.
When deciding whether to buy a particular asset, we should also pay attention to the assets we already own. A collection of assets is called a portfolio. By buying and holding assets with different characteristics, we can try to create a portfolio that offers the greatest return for the risk we’re prepared to take. Holding [...]
Long-time Monevator readers might remember my series of posts from September 2007 on selecting a high yield share portfolio (HYP) to secure a growing dividend income. For those who missed it, the series so far comprises: Grow your income with dividends from high yield shares: HYP Part 1 How to choose a good high yield [...]
You will find all kinds of ‘bonds’ or related terms being bandied about from time to time
Important: What follows is not a recommendation to buy or sell T.Clarke. I’m a private investor, storing and sharing notes. Read my disclaimer. Name: T.Clarke Ticker: CTO Listed: London (FTSE Small Cap) Business: Construction and materials More info: Digital Look / Google Finance Company: T.Clarke website Key numbers for T. Clarke (10/02/09) (From Digital Look) [...]
I accept it’s normal to feel frustrated, angry, or even downright stupid when you lose money on your investments. But what about guilt? My portfolio’s fall from its peak value in summer 2007 to a low in October 2008 represents a big loss for a 30-something private investor like me: at least a couple of [...]
In this post I’ll explain the most important types of corporate bonds for private investors.
A month into 2009 and the bad news continues. Perhaps I’m becoming immune to the economic gloom or maybe it’s the first sign of spring, but I can’t help feeling we should look on the bright side. Yes, the world economy is undergoing a severe contraction. Millions of people are losing their jobs, and investors [...]
(Source: Yahoo) Books on investment often suggest investing overseas as a method of diversifying your portfolio. There are several reasons why investing abroad can be a good idea, including: If one country or region’s market is doing badly, another could be doing well. Mixing up the returns from several regions helps to smooth the return [...]
With the price of bank shares being driven by fear, should we avoid them completely? Or if we do want to get specific exposure to banks, which banks look the best? As a private investor, I can only tell you what I’m doing (and remind you an index tracking fund should underpin your portfolio, not [...]