Archive for October, 2008:

Diversification

{ Posted on Oct 23 2008 by Ellen }
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Categories : Investing Ideas
Every possible asset combination can be plotted in risk-return space, and the collection of all such possible portfolios defines a region in this space. The line along the upper edge of this region is known as the efficient frontier (sometimes ...Read More »

Just for fun

{ Posted on Oct 22 2008 by Ellen }
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I know its not a right time for this post, but it is too funny to pass. Read More »

Bond market volatility

{ Posted on Oct 22 2008 by Ellen }
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Categories : Investing Ideas, Learning
For market participants who own a bond, collect the coupon and hold it to maturity, market volatility is irrelevant; principal and interest are received according to a pre-determined schedule. But participants who buy and sell bonds before maturity are exposed to ...Read More »

Weekly Risk Report 10/20/2008

{ Posted on Oct 20 2008 by SignalPoint Blog }
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The i-Wave continues near the record low it posted last week. We're seeing fewer double digit changes in the share prices and more uniform price movements. It would appear there's some stability returning at least for now. While all news ...Read More »

Weekly Risk Report 10/13/2008

{ Posted on Oct 13 2008 by SignalPoint Blog }
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This is one for the record books. Back in the '80s when I structured the i-Wave to use with the investment model, I purposely designed it so that it would not be easy to give me a "negative" number as ...Read More »

Weekly Risk Report 10/06/2008

{ Posted on Oct 06 2008 by SignalPoint Blog }
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This is the final act in a play called "It seemed like a good idea at the time." Stars in the play are current and former members of the legislature along with stand up comic and sax player Billy C. ...Read More »
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