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Most Popular AAAMP Blog Articles of the Year

December 22, 2011

Popular Articles These are the most popular AAAMP Blog Articles for 2011 as measured by page views. Page views are the number of times AAAMP Blog readers accessed the particular article or post. I strive to provide insights and investing strategies tailored to the self-directed investor. I hope you will book mark and return many [...]

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ETF Portfolios Benefit Asset Allocation Investing

March 22, 2011

Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) portfolios benefit asset allocation investing because of increased diversification and the ability to target specific investment segments. The advantages of ETF investing are real and the reason for the growing popularity of using ETF shares as an investing strategy.   ETF Portfolios Global and international growth asset allocation is made easier particularly because of [...]

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ETF Portfolio Asset Allocation Investing Disadvantages

March 19, 2011

There are many advantages to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).  But there are also some ETF portfolio asset allocation investing disadvantages that a portfolio manager should understand before implementing an ETF investing strategy.   ETF Disadvantages ETFs are generally not actively managed, but are programmed to follow a specific index, the index and therefore the ETF, may [...]

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Seven Advantages of ETF Investing

March 15, 2011

ETF Investing   The number and variety of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are exploding as investors discover and embrace the advantages of ETF Investing. These advantages are even leading some investors to abandon mutual funds and maintain a stock and/or ETF portfolio.   ETF Advantages   Low Costs.  Since ETFs trade like stocks, you can buy a diversified [...]

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Five Benefits of Always Reinvesting Dividends

February 27, 2011

Instead of taking a dividend in cash an investor can choose to re-invest dividends and receive additional shares of stock. There are several advantages every investor should consider to a dividend re-investing strategy.   1.     By reinvesting your dividends you are regularly dollar cost averaging back into your investment.  When prices are low you buy [...]

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Portfolio Rebalancing: A Powerful Risk Management Strategy

February 17, 2011

Portfolio rebalancing is a powerful risk management strategy which involves buying or selling investments to achieve a currently desired asset allocation. Rebalancing is one of the most under utilized and under appreciated aspect of Do It Yourself Investment Management.     The purpose of diversification is to reduce risk by holding investments that will behave [...]

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Are Your Investment Returns Suffering from Over Diversification?

February 14, 2011

Over diversification is a serious mistake made by investors. Many investors have learned the harmful effects of under diversification and mistakenly believe that the more diversification the better. It has become common to diversify to the point of hurting investment returns.   Most investors have experienced the poor results of over diversification during the past [...]

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Five Best Investment Themes in 2011

February 10, 2011

Before identifying the five best investment themes in 2011 we need to review the overriding economic concept that is driving world markets. The concept of biflationary economies where inflation and deflation occur simultaneously, is a worldwide phenomenon. Assets that are owned are experiencing deflationary pressures while items we consume are rising in price. This makes [...]

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Portfolio Diversification Strategy – What is it’s purpose?

February 7, 2011

Definition of Diversification The definition of diversification is the act of, or the result of, achieving variety. In finance and investment planning, diversification is a portfolio strategy combining a variety of assets to reduce the overall risk of an investment portfolio. Risk management and portfolio optimization is the purpose of asset allocation and a portfolio [...]

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Asset Allocation Management and Risk Management Analysis in 2011

January 28, 2011

Asset Allocation Management and risk management  analysis will be the key to successful investing in 2011. An assessment of the current long term investment environment is the first step. The last 11 years have seen two bubbles; the dot.com bubble, and the housing bubble. Both bubbles produced extreme stock market volatility. I believe we are [...]

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