So your portfolio is not that different from your home,
except in a stock portfolio, you witness money flowing from the stocks to your bills.
Not exact matches
As a result, even though expected returns on
stocks were actually negative on a 10 - 12 year horizon
in 2000, and are presently 0 - 2 % on that horizon, the expected return on a traditional
portfolio mix is actually lower at present than at any point
in history
except the 1929 and 1937 market peaks.
I automatically reinvested all dividends
in my Empire
portfolio (
except for
stocks held
in Loyal3).
The Fund's
portfolio will typically be fully invested
in common
stocks favored by Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc., the Fund's investment manager,
except for modest cash balances arising
in connection with the Fund's day - to day operations.
The fund invests
in a
portfolio of 412
stocks in all sectors
except real estate, all of which pay higher - than - average dividend yields.
In terms of our Standard Switching Portfolio, we would have abandoned stocks entirely in late 1995 and stayed out except for a brief period from mid-2002 to mid-200
In terms of our Standard Switching
Portfolio, we would have abandoned
stocks entirely
in late 1995 and stayed out except for a brief period from mid-2002 to mid-200
in late 1995 and stayed out
except for a brief period from mid-2002 to mid-2003.
I have an interest
in dividend investing but haven't done anything much
except start a small
portfolio of 5 Dividend Aristocrat
stocks a few years back.
Although they worked well
in various markets
except Japan, there were some implementation challenges, such as high
portfolio turnover and low liquidity for small - cap
stocks.
The Fund's
portfolio will typically be fully invested
in common
stocks favored by Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc., the Fund's investment manager,
except for modest cash balances arising
in connection with the Fund's day - to day operations.
I am currently automatically reinvesting all dividends
in my Empire
portfolio (
except for
stocks held
in Loyal3) until my income reaches $ 500 / quarter.
Edit
in response to comment: Corporate bond correlation with
stocks is positive but generally not very strong (
except for high - yield junk bonds) so while they don't offset
stock volatility (negative correlation) they do help diversify a
stock portfolio.
Although
in point of fact, a recent FPA Trends
in Investing Survey revealed that advisors are increasingly building
portfolios with ETFs, and
stocks, and bonds, and even private equity funds — anything
except third - party mutual funds.
Most of the cash and bonds are held
in the insurance segment and that is not included
in my above analysis
except for the
stock portfolio.
Trading
in residential real estate is nothing like trading
in commodities; one does not live
in a
stock portfolio,
except in one's dreams.