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Financial Planning
December 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
Cash Is Not Trash: How to Maximize this Asset Class Tempted to leave this asset class out of a portfolio? Don t be swayed. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 1, 2010
Craig L. Israelsen
Lost-and Found A well-diversified portfolio would have protected investors during the "Lost Decade" between 2000 and 2009. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
Should Investors Avoid Fixed Income Securities When Interest Rates Rise? Why not test the conventional wisdom that investors should avoid fixed-income securities when interest rates rise? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
November 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
Thinking Globally: Diversified Portfolio Needs Foreign Stocks. Are They Worth it? A diversified portfolio may need foreign stocks, but are non-U.S. bonds worth the trouble? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 1, 2013
Craig L. Israelsen
Should Clients Avoid Bonds Now? With rates inching upward, some clients may want to skip fixed-income investments entirely. They shouldn't. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2011
Craig L. Israelsen
The Rebalancing Premium The principle behind a traditional 60/40 investment portfolio is balancing two asset classes - large-cap U.S. stocks and U.S. bonds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Craig L. Israelsen
A Better Balanced 'Core' Balanced funds are based on outdated models and need to be better diversified. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2013
Craig L. Israelsen
Update for Investing's Classic 'Efficient Frontier' Modern Portfolio Theory relies in part on the efficient frontier. But investors can now do better. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
April 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
Beyond Borders The benefits of investing in international stock are clear. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2009
Craig L. Israelsen
Upper-Left Quadrant Prudent investing requires the construction of multi-asset portfolios. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Craig L. Israelsen
A Perfect Portfolio Investment portfolios should include a wide variety of diverse assets. Each one adds an important dimension to the portfolio because it behaves differently. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
July 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
Material World The natural resources mutual fund sector has a number of attractions, but one characteristic that is probably not immediately evident to many investors is that these funds do not correlate closely with broad stock indexes. This, it turns out, is a valuable feature. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
May 1, 2010
Craig L. Israelsen
Built to Last Every retiree wants to build a resilient retirement portfolio. One of the most important parts of such a portfolio is durability.A durable portfolio is one which outlasts the retiree. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
Small Thoughts The benefit of investing in small U.S. stocks is clear. Over the 42-year period from Jan. 1, 1970, to Dec. 31, 2011, a $10,000 investment in large U.S. stocks would have grown to $507,362. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
May 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
Emerging Stars Compared with U.S. stock funds and broad international stock funds, funds that specialize in emerging foreign markets are a bit like Usain Bolt sprinting against mere mortals. They leave the competition far behind. But this class of investment also carries a lot of volatility. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
November 1, 2011
Craig L. Israelsen
Better Than Cash Consider the performance of two different fixed-income portfolios following four recent crashes in the U.S. equity market. The first is a true all-cash portfolio and the other is a diversified fixed-income portfolio that includes three types of bonds as well as cash. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
February 1, 2013
Craig L. Israelsen
Investment Portfolio Survival Test If you have clients who have already retired, make sure their portfolios can absorb the most violent shocks. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg
A Tough, but Smart Sell Plenty of clients detest bond mutual funds, but a bond fund can be less volatile than a small portfolio of individual bonds. The typical fund is broadly diversified and includes hundreds of names. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
How Planners Can Use Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities for a Portfolio If Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities are added to an equity-based portfolio, what is their impact on returns and volatility? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
February 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
Mid-Cap's Role Mid-cap U.S. equity is almost always included when advisors and investors assemble diversified portfolios. One way to see if this popularity is justified is to do an in-depth survey of mid-cap funds, and to see how these funds affect portfolio performance. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
August 1, 2011
Israelsen & Howell
Being Reasonable Managing the expectations clients have for their investment portfolios can be more challenging than actually managing the portfolios themselves. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
Valuable Property It turns out that giving real estate a place in your overall portfolio is an essential step toward optimal diversification. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
February 1, 2011
Craig L. Israelsen
Consistency Matters What have we learned from analyzing four decades of asset class returns? Just this: An equally weighted, multi-asset approach to building investment portfolios is the model of consistency through booms and busts. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2005
Bonds and Interest Rates Bond prices move in strange ways -- learn why. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 5, 2011
Stan Luxenberg
A Bond Bear Market? Not to Worry, Follow Vanguard's Bogle's System Under most scenarios, bonds will deliver modestly positive returns in coming years. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
January 1, 2005
Mutual Fund Monitor Should you invest in bond funds or individual bonds? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2011
Dan Caplinger
Save Yourself From the Bond Bear The possibility of losses in bonds has some people running scared, but you should stay smart. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 22, 2005
The Bond Scoop Ever wondered how bonds work? Here's the answer. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
Amanda B. Kish
Hard Times for Junk Bonds High-yield bonds' time in the sun may be over. Although junk bonds may produce tempting returns, they should only be introduced strategically, and they should almost never account for a large portion of your investment. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2011
Donald Jay Korn
Double Plays When clients want a total return fund, it may be difficult for advisors to sort out the options. Determining what role a total return fund can play in a client's portfolio requires a deeper understanding of this confusing category. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
January 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen
Swapping Out If designed well, a diversified, multi-asset portfolio can provide growth during pre-retirement accumulation years and stable income flows during post-retirement distribution years. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2010
Amanda B. Kish
This Rally Is So Over While bonds still serve a vital role in every investor's portfolio, just make sure you're not banking your entire future on them. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2009
Dan Caplinger
The Death of Bonds? You shouldn't give up on bonds entirely, but neither should you rely on them to support you without help from other investments. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2011
Morgan Housel
Stocks and Bonds: Mind the Gap The gap between the earnings yield on the S&P 500 and 10-year bonds is now about as wide as it's been in a half-century. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2006
Dan Caplinger
The Scoop on Savings Bonds: Part 2 A closer look at why bonds aren't as attractive as they used to be. mark for My Articles similar articles
Entrepreneur
June 2006
Scott Bernard Nelson
The Long of It The 30-year bond has made a comeback, but individual investors might be better off picking bonds their own size. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
May 1, 2013
Craig L. Israelsen
Alternative Investments With the Best Payoff Some nontraditional investments can provide valuable diversification in a portfolio. But choose wisely. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2010
Amanda B. Kish
Can Bill Gross Keep His Magic Touch? Investors piling into his flagship bond fund are missing cheaper opportunities. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
June 2010
Michelle Knight
Rising Rates Not Fatal Bond investments shouldn't automatically be sold off when interest rates rise. Here's why. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2010
Robert Brokamp
Will Rising Rates Sink Your Portfolio? And should you be worried? How will this affect the portfolios of people who invest in rate-sensitive securities -- namely, bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2006
Long Bonds and Zero Coupons Think of bonds as loans -- and perhaps consider investing in some. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2004
Mathew Emmert
Broken Bonds Even if you've just experienced a painful breakup with the stock market, don't go falling in love with bonds just because you're on the rebound. The plain truth is that looking for love in today's bond market could lead to another broken heart. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
April 1, 2008
Craig L. Israelsen
Seeking Stability Building a tough, strong, resilient and stable retirement portfolio is, very simply, what every retiree wants to do. What is the optimum allocation model to sustain this stability for clients? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2007
Amanda B. Kish
When Safe Investments Aren't Particularly risk-averse investors have always assumed they had one safe haven: bonds. But those who consider bonds completely safe for their money can be unpleasantly surprised. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2009
Amanda B. Kish
Don't Buy This Junk The high-yield "junk" bond sector of the market has been on fire this year, but you should leave these bonds in the bin. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2005
Israelsen & Clement
Of Stocks and Funds Financial advisers need to explain to their clients that diversification can be a double-edged sword; protection against loss can sometimes insulate against return. Here's a performance comparison of individual stocks vs. equity funds in 2004. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
July 1, 2007
Matthew Posner
The Bond Buyer "Kicker" or "cushion" bonds provide benefits of which the buy-and-hold investor may not be aware. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
January 1, 2013
Jeff Tjornehoj
Classifying Funds That Turn to Lower-Rated Debt to Boost Return One analyst says it s time to separate bond fund classification strategies into distinct groups. mark for My Articles similar articles
AskMen.com
Michael Estrin
Investing In Bonds Having some bonds in your portfolio is not only a good way to make money, it's also a great way to diversify. Here's what you need to know before you invest in the bond market. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
April 2009
Robert F. Keane
Dealing With the Downturn: In Her Own Words Debra Brede does all the investment selection for her clients' portfolios. Here's how she describes the adjustments she's made over the last few months. mark for My Articles similar articles