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John Ruppel - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
John Ruppel writes for Fundztrader. Fundztrader publishes model portfolios trading mutual funds and ETF's, with a focus on not only above market returns, but reduced risk as well.
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- Oil ETFs - What Can I Track With an Oil ETF?
[Investing:Mutual-Funds] The market has had some fairly bad years over the last decade or so, and has many investors looking for ways to diversify out of the markets with their portfolios. Many different commodities have had good returns in that same time period, but the traditional ways of investing in those like trading futures is out of the reach of most individual investors.
- Sector Rotation - A Simple Rotation Strategy to Outperform the Market
[Investing:Mutual-Funds] A simple strategy using Fidelity Select sector mutual funds can outperform the market by a wide margin. Rotating mutual fund positions just once a month can create a powerful trading strategy. Here's a look at simple system with a long term record of success.
- How to Invest in Penny Stocks - Penny Stocks Can Yield Big Gains
[Investing:Stocks] Investing in penny stocks has a lot of advantages for the individual investor. But the whole area of penny stock investing is different than the traditional stack market. Here we discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of investing in penny stocks.
- Seasonality Market Timing - Time Your Trades With a Calendar
[Investing:Stocks] Originally documented by Norm Fosback in his book "Market Logic" back in the late 1970s, the seasonality timing system is a market timing approach that originally probably didn't get the attention it deserved. The basic problem with the approach is that it identifies periods during the month that are seasonally favorable, but only last for a few days. In the 1980's there was really very little opportunity to take advantage of such short periods of higher than average expected gain.
- Volatility Definition - What Is Volatility And Why Should I Care?
[Investing:Stocks] Often after the market closes you hear commentators talking about market volatility, or how the market was churning today. Most of the time it would seem that only day traders and hedge fund managers would care, but there are times when even the average investor needs to be aware of the impact of volatility.
- Fidelity Investments - Is Fidelity the Best Mutual Fund Family?
[Investing:Mutual-Funds] When managing your investment portfolio, it's best if you can keep all your funds in one place so they are easy to track. But to do that you need to find a place that addresses all your investment needs. We look at the Fidelity Investments funds to see how well they can address your investment needs.
- Sector Trading - Does Trading Sector Funds Outperform Index Funds?
[Investing:Stocks] We look at the advantages of sector trading and contrast it to investing in index funds. A simple sector trading strategy can outperform the averages with reduced risk with simple sector selection rules.
- Why Are Stocks Riskier Than Bonds?
[Investing:Stocks] The conventional wisdom is that stocks are riskier than bonds. In this article we take a look at the difference in behaviour between stocks and bonds. We will also look at the different types of risk for bonds.
- Is There Always a Bull Market Somewhere?
[Finance:Personal-Finance] The stock market in general will have good years and bad. But can you find a bull market anytime. We take a look at the opportunities that are even there in a bear market.
- Managing Investment Portfolio Risk - Mutual Funds that Work Like Hedge Funds
[Investing:Mutual-Funds] We look at mutual funds that are not structured like typical mutual funds, that is, funds that don't invest exclusively in long only positions in stocks and bonds. These can be powerful tools to manage the risk management of our investments.
- Saving for Retirement-How Much Will You Really Need?
[Home-and-Family:Retirement] If you've ever looked what kind of nest-egg you are going to need to retire, you've undoubtedly come across the standard rule of thumb only allows withdrawing 4% a year if you want to have your savings last at least 30 years. But if the market averages 11% a year, why can't we do better than that?
- Do You Want to Invest Like Warren Buffett?
[Investing:Stocks] Warren Buffett is the most famous of the buy and hold investors. We look at his recent record to see if his buy and hold approach is still performing well.
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