Sentences with phrase «concentrated bets»

The hedge funds and mutual funds from that era also enjoyed the temporary benefits of concentrating their bets on these once - hot stocks but eventually suffered great losses.

You will hear a lot, always after the fact, about the supposedly brilliant people who made concentrated bets and hit the lottery.

People forget that buying property is a highly concentrated bet, often with debt, in a single asset.

But as I've written before, my Rollover IRA is my «punt portfolio» where I take very concentrated bets in specific stocks or sectors.

He earned a reputation for taking concentrated bets.

One definition of a «stock pickers» market» is a tailwind for concentrated bets, even if they are made by the unskilled investor.

And if you look at all the great investors that are as different as Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn, Ken Langone, they tend to be very, very concentrated bets.

And while concentrated investor Warren Buffett has said, «diversification is protection against ignorance... that those who know what they do concentrate their bets,» the truth is, most of us don't have the time, resources or temperament to invest in such a concentrated way.

The fact is that Mr. Henderson took a hugely concentrated bet on three sectors and he got lucky.

Hagstrom says that to excel in today's environment, investors must be willing to make concentrated bets which means that one should not invest in more than 20 stocks.

Because AQR dislikes concentrated bets, the country - industry pairs and industry selection strategies are allotted a smaller portion of the strategy's overall risk than the stock - selection strategy.

At its peak this summer, Valeant represented 32 percent of the fund's portfolio, according to Sequoia, a hugely concentrated bet even for a fund like Sequoia, which invests in a smaller number of stocks than most funds.

Unless you're looking to make extremely concentrated bets on a narrowly focused group of investments, you can stop poring over every new fund offering.

For the most part, in an attempt to beat their benchmarks, active managers will make concentrated bets by holding only those securities they think will be the top performers and rejecting the rest.

And while concentrated investor Warren Buffett has said, «diversification is protection against ignorance... that those who know what they do concentrate their bets,» the truth is, most of us don't have the time, resources or temperament to invest in such a concentrated way.

For a mutual fund company, Steadyhand takes an unconventional approach by offering low - cost funds, co-investing along with clients, hiring portfolio managers who make concentrated bets on their «best ideas», behaving like part - owners of businesses and promising to close its funds to new investors when the fund gets too large.

The only institutional investor that owns more of HFC stock is Turtle Creek Asset Mgmt which holds a concentrated bet (25 positions in total) for 19 % of the embattled lender.

On the other hand, I could see that large block trades or raisings may still bias you to some concentrated bets.

You're basically leveraging up to make a concentrated bet on a single asset that hopefully goes up.

Our service gives the investor an ability to see exactly the risks the fund manager is taking and the concentrated bets he / she is making well in advance of the quarterly statement.

No one cares about diversification when their concentrated bets are working well.

For that reason, I prefer to spread my bets over a reasonable range of different stocks to avoid shooting myself in the foot with a concentrated bet that turns sour.

Concentrated bets have the potential for outsized investment returns — up or down.

This preserves the diversification in the portfolio, but increases the weighting / concentrates your bets on the stocks with the most Upside Potential.

Of course, anyone can get caught by an unexpected market crash, but it wasn't the massive loss that made Ford feel dumb: it was making such a concentrated bet.

So if you're an investor looking for a lot of exposure to unicorn technology companies, these mutual funds are hardly going to give you a concentrated bet.