After you answer 11 questions about how long you plan to keep your money invested, how you react after losses and
what kind of volatility you think you can handle, the tool will recommend a mix of stocks and bonds consistent with your answers.
Ermotti foresees a pick up in volatility, particularly in the second part of the year, but he said the company needs to be wary about
the kind of volatility that lies ahead.
Campbell Harvey, a finance professor at Duke University, says
this kind of volatility is brutal.
The Fed's decision to reverse its policy of creating money to buy bonds caused
all kinds of volatility, mostly because the communications were handled badly.
«These homes are stores of value and they have proven over time to have a positive return without
the kinds of volatility you get in equity markets.»
He said we would see
this kind of volatility in the future.
That kind of volatility can be hard to track in real time.
Again, predictions are a tricky business, especially with
the kind of volatility we've seen lately.
This moment of checking your gut, however, is as good a time as any to consider whether you have the right proportion of your money in stocks versus other options like cash, bonds or real estate that don't experience
this kind of volatility or may not rise or fall in tandem with stocks.
Pension funds should never experience
that kind of volatility.
We think the sweet spot for this strategy is in 20 to 30 names where we can have real expertise on the companies, invest in our best ideas but not have
the kind of volatility that would come from a nine - stock portfolio.
If the best performing stock over the last 33 years had
this kind of volatility, how do you think other stocks fared?
Again, predictions are a tricky business, especially with
the kind of volatility we've seen lately.
That's
the kind of volatility that makes selling options fun when you can time it right or at least close...
This kind of volatility is simply one of the characteristics of the cryptocurrency space.
Not everyone can stomach
that kind of volatility and I witnessed firsthand clients who felt compelled to reduce their stock exposure or even go to cash at or near the market lows.
Most of the stocks in my portfolio suffer from
some kind of volatility rather it be cyclical or just high trading volumes.
As shown in the chart below,
this kind of volatility over such a long period has only occurred a couple of times in the history of the index.
According to Dana Lyons of the Lyons Share,
that kind of volatility ranks in the 94th percentile since the S&P 500 began in 1950.
This kind of volatility is one good reason for investors to look into another cryptocurrency that shows a lot of promise.
With
the kind of volatility we have seen in the cryptocurrency market it seems the market is ready for such a product.
In the space where startups start talking billions, Singh felt that
the kind of volatility bitcoin has experienced is not unusual nor unexpected.
With
that kind of volatility and uncertainty, it's best to be prepared in advance with a solid resume.
Again, predictions are a tricky business, especially with
the kind of volatility we've seen lately.