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In: Finance
1 Apr 2009While many investors have an overall outlook, and may be able to accurately predict what will be the next big thing, it is often harder to nail which company will be able to best take advantage of the coming conditions. After all, while it may be easy to figure out, retail stocks are going to be hammered by this recession, that doesn’t help you decide which retail company is best to short. And while it may be easy to figure out, reduced demand from the developed world is going to hurt Chinese companies, its much harder ” especially for those non-mandarin speaking people such as myself ” to figure out exactly which Chinese companies might escape this fate. So how can we take advantage of these outlooks without having to pick specific companies?
In: Self Improvement
19 Mar 2009How can we narrow down the fifteen or so classes of investments that provide high yield incomes? That was our initial objective. At Alpine Strategies, we looked over these classes and noticed a heightened interest in articles on our AboutETFs.com website concerning bonds. It appears many people are more interested than every in US government bonds and T-Bills. Some people are cautiously considering corporate bonds as well. This leads us to another question. Is it time to move most, or all, of your portfolio to US government paper? We do not think so and will explain why.