Arbor Investment Planner subscribers received the following excerpts in their AIP Updates before the market fell:
4/22/2010
“Current Strategy: Maintain a very conservative asset allocation. You should have your portfolio is a position you feel comfortable sustaining a severe market correction of even a major bear market. Risks currently outweigh potential rewards. Preservation of capital is more [...]
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Excerpts from Arbor Investment Planner Updates
May 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · General Advice, Portfolio Management, Risk Management
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Active Asset Allocation Management Strategy
April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Investment Planning, Portfolio Management, Risk Management
The Arbor Asset Allocation Model Portfolio (AAAMP) uses an active asset allocation management strategy instead of a buy and hold asset allocation strategy. The key to a successful active asset allocation strategy is determining what the most effective mix of investment opportunities is. An active strategy involves fundamental and technical market analysis of an asset [...]
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Define Diversification
April 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Diversification, Investment Planning, Online Investing For Dummies, Portfolio Management, Risk Management
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.
Proper diversification will optimally combine non-correlated asset classes in such a manner that company specific risk, industry risk, market risk, and [...]
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Portfolio Rebalancing: A Powerful Risk-Control Strategy
December 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Portfolio Management, Risk Management
By Ken Faulkenberry
Rebalancing is one if the most under utilized and under appreciated aspects of investing. An active asset allocation strategy, which requires frequent rebalancing based on current opportunities and risk, is the most successful strategy in today’s investment environment.
The purpose of diversification is to reduce risk by holding investments that will behave differently at [...]
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Consider Risk When Allocating Your Portfolio
November 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · AIP Money Management Tips
AIP Money Managment Tip
Even if you’re able to generate considerable income, you have to know how to protect and preserve your capital. Investors who have employed a buy and hold strategy have lost a decade worth of growth. When the market just kept going up, it was easy to think it would continue and not [...]
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Analyzing Risk
November 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Portfolio Management, Risk Management
Volatility (risk) doesn’t seem to bother most Investors during bull markets. This is one of the reasons Investors are “lulled” into taking on additional risk as markets rise. The collapse of the credit and housing markets and the resultant damage to investments should cause everybody to pay more attention to risk.
Studies show that investments with [...]
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