This year, RegentAtlantic will run a series of blogs that address strategies for managing
concentrated stock positions and other financial issues corporate executives tend to face.
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Second, we help people who have large
concentrated stock positions generate additional income by selling call options against them.
He manages
concentrated stock positions, 10b5 - 1 stock plan implementation for corporate executives, and advises on 401k plans for businesses.
You may have amassed significant shares in your employer's company, sold a business in return for company shares, or hold a portfolio with
concentrated stock positions.
Not exact matches
For instance, consider an investor who is retired, living on a fixed income stream, who may have more expenses
concentrated in health care (where costs are rapidly rising), and whose portfolio is conservatively
positioned with 20 % in
stocks and 80 % in bonds.
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.
I don't know about Combs, but Hempton is wrong on Weschler I think, who is known for owning very
concentrated positions in very few
stocks and holding them for years (he compounded money at around 25 % annually for 12 years in his fund before closing it to go work for Buffett, and the majority of his returns came from just a few
positions that he held the entire life of the fund).
However, it has a much more
concentrated portfolio of
stocks, owning just 26 different
positions.
Of course, such returns can come only from capital gains on shrewdly picked
stocks, and probably
concentrated positions in relatively risky smaller
stocks.
The Small Dogs of the Dow requires that investors further
concentrate their
positions by investing in only 5 of the highest - yielding Dow components with the lowest
stock price.
The manager of a volatile fund should also avoid taking
concentrated positions, because when he is doing well, his own buying may drive the
stocks he owns up, only to see them fall harder when he is forced to liquidate
positions when the market is doing poorly, and shareholders are leaving.
With respect to maintenance requirements on specific securities, Fidelity considers a number of factors, including the
stock's trading volatility and liquidity, company earnings and market capitalization, as well as whether the account in question is in a
concentrated position.
Oh I see, so our
positions sound similar in that as our portfolios evolve it's important to stay on top of how much we actually own of our employer
stock and not get to
concentrated.
More advanced planning strategies of divesting a
concentrated equity
position may include the gifting of
stock to a family member or charity, establishing a charitable trust, or using options or hedging strategies to shift single
stock risk.
I would be willing to
concentrate my portfolio (10, 15, or even 20 %) into one
stock if I truly understand the business and I determined that it had a competitive advantage and a durable
position in the market place (think Coke or Berkshire Hathaway).
An investor has a
concentrated holding in a
stock expected to decline in price, but can not sell the holding because of potential market impact, undesirable tax consequences or other restrictions on the
position.
I would be willing to
concentrate my portfolio (10, 15, or even 20 %) into one
stock if I truly understand the business and I determined that it had a competitive advantage and a durable
position in the market -LSB-...]