The phrase
"individual securities" refers to specific financial assets, such as stocks or bonds, that are owned by individuals or investors. It means that these assets are distinct and separate from other investments within a portfolio.
Full definition
All mutual funds, regardless of performance, must distribute to shareholders any net realized gains from the sale
of individual securities in their portfolios.
Mutual funds are typically more diversified, low - cost, and convenient than investing
in individual securities, and they're professionally managed.
We use a defined process that triggers a sell
on individual securities when they begin to lose favour relative to their peers.
Since all the investment management is done for you, it could be excellent for a novice investor who lacks the inclination to jump into
individual security selection and management.
In some respects, this is easier than focusing on
buying individual securities, but it does add some important other areas to research before buying.
While most institutional funds employ passive strategies — that is, they invest in entire asset classes rather than
picking individual securities — they also use active management to try to exceed their benchmarks.
However since ETFs as a category are still a minority of assets relative to mutual funds and
individual security holdings, theoretically there is still adequate headroom for growth.
Most retirement plans are going to offer only a mix of funds, though they are slowly starting to let investors self direct
into individual securities over time.
One of the benefits of a passive DIY investment philosophy is that you just have to worry about asset allocation and
not individual security selection.
I personally prefer mutual funds
over individual securities since they provide instant diversification and professional management.
Information and opinions regarding
individual securities do not mean that a security is recommended or suitable for a particular investor.
As we discuss keeping our community safe, it is important to emphasize that part of keeping people safe is
protecting individual security and liberty.
It can be a complicated plan involving many stock and bond funds or
even individual securities — or it can be a simple one using a target date fund or managed account service.
Our approach focuses fund assets in relatively
few individual securities and, as a result, our funds may experience more short - term fluctuations than more diversified funds in the same investment category.
Market risk The risk that the bond market as a whole would decline, bringing the value of
individual securities down with it regardless of their fundamental characteristics.
It is perhaps even more important than deciding
what individual securities to own, and it should be the foundation of every portfolio.
Of course not, but anyone running a fund in the hundreds of billions of dollars spanning 20,000
individual securities likely has a lot more insight into the debt market than other fund managers.
Independent fundamental credit research and active management at the security level are essential elements of our approach which focuses on the avoidance of default and identifying value
in individual securities.
And most mutual funds are actively managed, meaning fund managers attempt to
pick individual securities that they believe will outperform a benchmark, usually an index.
Now that investors have to pick their spots a little more carefully, some are opting
for individual securities or a mutual fund instead.