Comments on: Risk Tolerance and Smart Investing http://www.mydollarplan.com/risk-tolerance-and-smart-investing/ because money doesn't grow on trees Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:41:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Carnival of Personal Finance: The House of Rose Edition http://www.mydollarplan.com/risk-tolerance-and-smart-investing/#comment-9043 Carnival of Personal Finance: The House of Rose Edition Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:19:52 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=880#comment-9043 [...] from My Dollar Plan presents Risk Tolerance and Smart Investing, and says, “Thanks for [...]

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]]> By: RateNerd http://www.mydollarplan.com/risk-tolerance-and-smart-investing/#comment-9031 RateNerd Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:04:21 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=880#comment-9031 I just became introduced to the concept of "Alpha" which measures your return after considering the risk level ("Beta") of your investments. Long-Short mutual funds are a way of creating Alpha and giving you upside appreciation (the long part) with downside protection (the short part). Would have been nice to have been exposed to this concept about 18 months ago.... http://ratenerd.com/long-short-hedge-fund-now-mutual-fund-1456 I just became introduced to the concept of “Alpha” which measures your return after considering the risk level (“Beta”) of your investments. Long-Short mutual funds are a way of creating Alpha and giving you upside appreciation (the long part) with downside protection (the short part). Would have been nice to have been exposed to this concept about 18 months ago…. http://ratenerd.com/long-short.....-fund-1456

]]> By: Friday Finance Findings for July 24th : Generation X Finance http://www.mydollarplan.com/risk-tolerance-and-smart-investing/#comment-9030 Friday Finance Findings for July 24th : Generation X Finance Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:45:44 +0000 http://www.mydollarplan.com/?p=880#comment-9030 [...] Risk Tolerance and Smart Investing - Risk tolerance is a loaded phrase in the investment world. It’s what brokers and advisors use to help guide you into the right investments. The problem is that most people don’t really know what their risk tolerance is, or even worse, they think their risk tolerance is high when the markets are doing good, and their risk tolerance is low when the markets are doing poorly. [...]

[...] Risk Tolerance and Smart Investing – Risk tolerance is a loaded phrase in the investment world. It’s what brokers and advisors use to help guide you into the right investments. The problem is that most people don’t really know what their risk tolerance is, or even worse, they think their risk tolerance is high when the markets are doing good, and their risk tolerance is low when the markets are doing poorly. [...]

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