I wanted to update something I said before, that you do not intentionally diversify. Personally, I do not diversify among sectors but I do diversify among business models. I still strive to pick the 10 best companies I can, but I try to pick the best of breed company based on business model. For instance,… Read More »
I kept my cash bar pretty high over the last 3 or 4 months, but maybe you have been more daring. As we head into record territory yet again, maybe it is a good time to look at your cash position and decide whether to beef it up. Cash in this case is uninvested cash… Read More »
Here is something that Jim Cramer on CNBC said last week: “I’m telling you to have some discipline. I expect this market to have a near-term bounce, and discipline means you should sell something into that rebound…” (CNBC) Honestly, this assumes that the market will resume its selloff, which it very well could. But what… Read More »
I read an article on Seeking Alpha this week from 2016 which stated that holding 50% in UPRO and 50% in TMF and rebalancing weekly outperforms the best performing stock in the S&P 500. Over the past year, I believe this performance would have been about a 49% gain, where the S&P had a small… Read More »
Diversification is the idea that owning stock of companies in different businesses, different sectors, and or different regions reduces the risk of a portfolio. While there are some extreme cases where diversification might prevent actual loss, the main thing diversification does is reduce volatility. What is Risk? Risk is the likelihood that you will make… Read More »
Here is a post I wrote on Facebook on March 23: If you didn’t sell stock after the market started to go down, you didn’t lose money. If you sell now, you’ve lost a lot. It is nearly impossible to time the market, so don’t. About the only thing you can do now is to… Read More »