# 2 The major
changes to a portfolio occur when commodities and REITs are added to it because these asset classes have low correlations to core equity asset classes.
Not exact matches
Among the factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate
change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due
to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from
portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions
to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could
occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
The hypothetical
portfolios would then be rebalanced for each year of the study period — 1997
to 2014 —
to reflect
changes that would have
occurred over the space of those years as new high - scoring companies were identified and added as a result of the yearly CHAA process.
Rebalance your
portfolio as necessary and partner with you
to revise your plan when important
changes in your life
occur.
The weakness of infrequent calendar rebalancing is that it can leave you exposed
to big
changes in your
portfolio —
occurring over short periods of time — when markets are volatile.
You don't have
to spend your valuable time keeping track of every
change that
occurs; your
portfolio guide will alert you of any
changes by email or text message, explaining the reasons for his choices.
Significant
changes, such as selling out completely of an ETF position within the existing ladder, or significantly restructuring the ladder, will
occur infrequently — though active
portfolio management includes the responsibility
to act on significant opportunities when interest rates move dramatically.
Your savings plan — and your
portfolio's asset mix — will need
to change when these events
occur.
This
occurs when the fund manager drifts off course from the fund's stated investment goals and strategy in such a way that the composition of the fund's
portfolio changes significantly from its original goals; for example, it may shift from being a fund that invests in large - cap stocks that pay above - average dividends
to being a fund mainly invested in small - cap stocks that offer little or no dividends at all.
Fluctuations and
changes of distributions may
occur due
to purchase and sales of underlying securities
to meet purchase and sales of units of the
portfolio.
On April 23, 2015, the fund's board terminated ICAP's contract because of «certain
portfolio management
changes expected
to occur within the sub-adviser.»
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