Fund managers who
got small allocations at the IPO were hopeful the stock would trade down after Thursday's pop.
Not exact matches
Look for
smaller firms (you're not going to
get allocation from Goldman Sachs).
A careful active investor could more safely now contemplate no more than a
small allocation to a mechanical system with a moving average (e. g., a 150 - day mean would have worked, but with 0 days» margin of error when the price dropped below the MA before the closing bell on Feb 5) or use more sophisticated volatility signals to be in or out of SVXY (perhaps giving some extra days» warning to
get out).
Quite the opposite, buy the
smallest possible house to lead a happy, yet frugal lifestyle, but on that house
get the maximum mortgage, never make additional payments until a few years before retirement when you like to raise the bond
allocation.
That
allocation system, similar to what is done with mutual insurers («the contribution principle») solves a lot of problems: people rushing to deposit when they hear about a demutualization, or,
small depositors that think they will
get a biggish slug of stock.
In general, I am most comfortable with the asset
allocation / diversified / hedging model (I engage in some timing and in more esoteric investments in a
small portion of my portfolio just to
get the extra kick) as a core approach though, to be more systematic about things.
Yet often when investors make an
allocation to the international markets they tend to ignore the substantial universe of
smaller - cap stocks that are available overseas, quite possibly thinking they are
getting significant
small - cap exposure by investing in emerging markets.