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Re-Sectioning the Pie Chart

The whole idea behind asset allocation is to prevent extremes. Experience has taught us that the three main categories of investment assets—equities (stocks), fixed-income (bonds), and cash equivalents—each behave differently in reaction to any given set of circumstances. The term for this difference is “negative correlation.” Investor.gov, the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, explains asset allocation by comparing it to street vendors who sell both umbrellas and sunglasses, two items consumers are unlikely to purchase at the [...]

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Will Higher Interest Rates Huff and Puff Your House Down?

Ever since (think back approximately a year-and-a-half) rates began their slow upward movement, income investors have experienced a certain degree of worry about the “big bad wolf” blowing down their carefully constructed investment “abodes.” Thankfully, as Sheaff Brock senior portfolio manager JR Humphreys, CFA, CAIA explains, if you’ve “built” for the longer term (planning a longer holding period), there may be little reason for concern. In fact, Humphreys pointed out in an October interview with our SheaffBriefs editor, since December [...]

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Getting Strategic with Asset Allocation

When it comes to asset allocation, getting strategic means dealing with the big picture and working on ways to achieve financial goals over time, explains Mark Salzinger, wealth manager and a founder of Salzinger Sheaff Brock, LLC. Time horizon According to Salzinger, asset allocation should always be guided by the length of time the assets can remain in the market. As Salzinger explains, a one- to two-year time-frame will be marked by volatility. If you, as an investor, are unlikely to [...]

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Preferreds Continue in a Starring Role

In the ever increasing search for income, preferred stocks continue to play an important role for companies and investors alike, with the Standard and Poor’s Preferred Index ETF (PFF) clocking 2.2 billion in new investment dollars year to date. By way of quick review, preferreds are hybrid securities, blending traits of both stocks and bonds. Like common stock, preferreds represent ownership in a company, but without voting privileges; like bonds, preferreds are issued at a fixed par value and rated [...]