by The Investor
on April 15, 2009
The yen has been weakening against the UK pound (click to enlarge)
(Source: Google Finance)
When I wrote about currency risks and opportunities for investors in January, I mentioned I was going to leave my holdings in Japan untouched, rather than cashing in on the Japanese yen’s strength by converting my Nikkei tracker funds back into UK pounds.
At the end of March, however, I changed my tune and swapped half of those holdings into a UK FTSE 100 tracker.
Why? Well, it’s not because I think private investors can predict short-term currency movements with any great confidence. I know I can’t predict short-term currency shifts. Indeed I swapped a little late, looking at the graph.
What I do believe in, however, is reversion to the mean.
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by The Investor
on April 11, 2009
Every week I read a large number of personal finance and investing articles. Here’s my latest weekly shortcut to the best.
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by The Investor
on 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:
Read those parts first, then come back to read the final post below.
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Strategy 3: Try to invest when the market is down
The best antidote I know for beating bear market blues is to buy when the market is down.
Averaging down can be a dirty word among traders, but value-orientated equity investors should welcome the chance to buy companies they believe in at a cheaper price.
And buying when the whole market is cheaper, that’s another matter altogether.
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by The Investor
on April 6, 2009
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 orders.
Today’s article will therefore explain the drawbacks to employing stop losses when investing.
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