Acquiring a taste for risk
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Investors must consider the appropriate level of risk versus return in investments. There are strategies to counter risk and investors who employee these strategies will be more confident with their decisions. There are ways to hedge your bet against riskier investments. The more volatile your position is, the longer you will have to remain in the market. A long-term commitment will often lesson the risk of selling during a falling market.
Publication Name: Personal Investment
Subject: Personal finance
ISSN: 0813-2992
Year: 1998
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How are your finances, Dad?
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Issues related to keeping secrets about family finances are examined, focusing on the need for communication about finances between members of different generations in the same family. Topics include the impact of increased life spans, communication techniques, and the difficulties faced by both parents and children.
Publication Name: Personal Investment
Subject: Personal finance
ISSN: 0813-2992
Year: 1999
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Getting to know your benchmarks
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Issues related to the goals of index funds managers are examined, focusing on how managers measure success and advice to individual investors on how they can compile indexes to calculate the success of investments.
Publication Name: Personal Investment
Subject: Personal finance
ISSN: 0813-2992
Year: 1999
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