Rebalancing

What is rebalancing? Should I rebalance my portfolio? How often should I rebalance my portfolio? How do I rebalance my portfolio? What affects does rebalancing have on a portfolio? Prudent investment principles such as asset allocation and global diversification are valuable tools for managing risk and volatility in a portfolio. But maintaining the proper structure… [Read More]

Why Overweight Small Cap And Value Securities?

What are small cap stocks? What are value stocks? Should I invest in small company and value company stocks? In 1990, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Professor William Forsyth Sharpe for his groundbreaking research on the relationship between risk and return. One of the originators of the Capital Asset Pricing… [Read More]

How Does Asset Class Investing Differ From Indexing?

What is an index fund? What is an Asset Class? What is Asset Class Investing? Mutual funds that try to replicate or track market indexes have gained in popularity in recent years. These “Index Funds” now cover everything from major market indexes such as the S&P 500 to particular types of securities such as small… [Read More]

Investing In Index Funds

What are the best index funds to invest in? What is passive management? What is the active management? What is asset allocation? Which asset classes should I include in my portfolio? What is the difference between index fund investing and asset class investing? These are common questions investors are asking themselves today.   While many have… [Read More]