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2009.11.12 16:46:02 Life insurance policies are amongst the most popular policies issued to people today. Be it for life insurance solely or as a along term investment vehicle. Term policies basically cover a fixed span of time such as twenty or thirty years. Whole life policies on the other hand, cover not only the term...... Read more...
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2009.11.09 18:03:29 Markets are booming, but is it a new bubble fueled by the tax-payers' money pumped into the system or is it a genuine recovery propelling us back to the Good Ol' Times? Many wonder, don't let yourself be sidelined by the (mis)behaviour of markets. Invest some time in educating yourself on financial matters,...... Read more...
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2009.08.03 16:13:13 "The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing." -- Philip Fisher ...... Read more...
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2009.04.30 16:24:56 It’s tough to tell how much one investor can do alone to preserve their assets in 2009, particularly with unprecedented government intervention in world markets. But there are some general ideas to employ as markets and economies hopefully stabilize in the New Year: Start with a plan – or review...... Read more...
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2009.04.02 10:07:55 Using the Risk Manager you can visualize and understand how risk works when investing in a portfolio of products. The tool will show you what your optimal return should be in order to minimize your downside risk such as not to be bankrupt before the end of your life. A scenario analysis will quickly...... Read more...
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2009.03.31 15:54:21 As an investor, you know that stocks are more risky than bonds, but did anybody ever quantify the difference in risk between stocks and bonds? Did you ever see risk numbers telling you something that you understand?Of course you hear Jim Cramer on CNBC talking about the huge surge in volatility, and...... Read more...
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2009.03.27 15:59:04 The Risk Manager shows you the potential upside and downside linked to investing in financial products. The obvious question is then, where can I invest without any risk? The definition of an investment with zero risk is given by the US Treasury Bills, or the US Government Bonds. This is a relative definition,...... Read more...
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2009.03.23 10:38:05 In my previous post we looked at how the market crash icon can give you a sense of risk in personal finance and investments. By simulating a growth portfolio together with market crashes now and then (let’s say every 10 years with more or less intensity), you can get a feeling of the roller coaster...... Read more...
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2009.03.18 17:01:56 By now, if you tried to do some wealth simulation using Excel, you will have understood that it can get quite tricky, especially when you want to change some age parameters etc. The Wealth Manager has been designed to solve this problem easily and graphically. However, looking at a steady return of...... Read more...
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2009.01.12 16:09:07 As a kid, whenever I was not happy with something done by somebody else, my mother used to say: the best way to get what you want, is to do it yourself. Maybe it starts to trickle down now that I lost money in the current downturn. Trusting my adviser that the unit trust he was proposing me had a strong...... Read more...
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2008.11.11 11:40:08 Financial products today lost quite some credibility, fear took over from greed, and investments that were supposed to offer a nice return turn out to be completely worthless, even worse, the money is gone down the drain! When you hear that bankers were selling CDOs without even understanding what they...... Read more...
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