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Risk—What Separates Fear And Greed

February 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Everyone lives with risk everyday so why, asks a reader recently, “is risk so confusing when it comes to investing my money?”  The answer lies in how most investors interpret the meaning of risk in financial markets.
A simple definition of risk is the probability that an outcome will be different from what you expected.  Most [...]

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Stocks have a place in everyone’s portfolio. It just may not be first place.

February 6th, 2008 · No Comments

You might think the sky had fallen given the coverage of global stock markets events in February and March.  In hindsight, it neither heralded an end to world economies nor the beginning of another DotCom bust.  It was simply a correction, although a painful one for those who were overly invested in stock markets.
In my [...]

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