Overall, the Strategic Total Return Fund remains positioned primarily to benefit from downward pressure on real interest rates and the U.S. dollar, but
our overall exposure to risk is relatively conservative in all of the asset classes we hold - TIPS, precious metals, utilities, U.S. agency notes, and foreign government securities.
Not exact matches
Overall, this augurs for globally diverse fixed income
exposures, including a preference for up - in - quality credit
exposures and an allocation
to emerging market debt for investors who can tolerate the added
risk.
«Market volatility should be a reminder for you
to review your investments regularly and make sure you consider an investing strategy with
exposure to different areas of the markets — U.S. small and large caps, international stocks, investment - grade bonds —
to help match the
overall risk in your portfolio
to your personality and goals,» says Dowd.
«For the most sophisticated investors and traders, inverse ETFs, put options or shorting individual stocks could be an appropriate strategy, while for the more conservative investor, positions in the defensive sectors could be a good choice, allowing
overall exposure to equities while striving
to limit potential downside
risk,» he says.
But for now, maintaining a small percentage allocation of short / bearish
exposure may help
to reduce
overall portfolio
risk by basically «hedging» until / unless the downtrend from the September 2012 highs is convincingly reversed by the formation of two «higher lows» and «higher highs» on the daily charts.
Even so, a degree of international
exposure tends
to be beneficial as a mechanism
to participate in a global opportunity set, diversify undesired
risks, and improve
overall portfolio efficiency.
He described the goal of reducing the
overall number of head impacts that high school football players sustain in a season as «logical» and «appealing,» but noted that, «until the
risk factors for chronic traumatic encephalopathy [25](CTE) are better defined by carefully designed and controlled research,» and research determines «what the advisable limit
to head impact
exposure should be,» employing contact limits or establishing «hit counts [4]» will remain «educated guesses, at best.»
Plant - based - Many naturally - occurring chemicals can be an irritant, but plant - based detergents lower the
overall risk of
exposure to synthetic chemicals and pollutants.
Results were similar for girls» basketball where student athletes are exposed
to a 4.5 times greater
risk of concussion, a 2.97 times greater
exposure to recurrent injury and a 1.22 times greater
exposure to injury
overall.
Overall, they say «our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that increased
risk of non-affective psychotic disorders among immigrants is due
to a higher frequency of
exposure to social adversity before migration, including the effects of war, violence, or persecution.»
Overall, the
risk of
exposure from mycotoxins in coffee appears
to be low, as they are significantly reduced during processing and roasting and brewing and have been found
to be well below guidelines set by agencies like the EFSA and / or FDA.
Unless foreign currency positions constitute more than roughly one - quarter of portfolio assets, currency
exposure serves
to reduce the
overall portfolio
risk.
Diversification: The process of investing in a way that reduces
exposure to any single asset or asset class
to reduce
overall risk.
That said, we'll respond
to the evidence as it emerges, and will continue
to look for opportunities
to accept
exposure to market fluctuations as the
overall return /
risk profile improves.
Overall, this augurs for globally diverse fixed income
exposures, including a preference for up - in - quality credit
exposures and an allocation
to emerging market debt for investors who can tolerate the added
risk.
Poloz would not directly comment on the OECD recommendation, but noted that the government had already announced its «intention over time
to reduce its
overall exposure to housing sector
risk.»
In this situation, the use of smart beta products allows
exposure to all of the traditional asset classes, but focuses on minimizing
overall market
risk.
Even so, a degree of international
exposure tends
to be beneficial as a mechanism
to participate in a global opportunity set, diversify undesired
risks, and improve
overall portfolio efficiency.
«Market volatility should be a reminder for you
to review your investments regularly and make sure you consider an investing strategy with
exposure to different areas of the markets — U.S. small and large caps, international stocks, investment - grade bonds —
to help match the
overall risk in your portfolio
to your personality and goals,» says Dowd.
[9] This
risk involves the
exposure of the asset return
to shocks in
overall market liquidity, the
exposure of the asset own liquidity
to shocks in market liquidity and the effect of market return on the asset's own liquidity.
Penny stock investors may wish
to consider using exchange - traded funds (ETFs) in order
to lower their
overall penny stock portfolio
risk and
to obtain
exposure to a diversified basket of penny stock investments.
As a result, I believe it makes sense
to increase your equity
exposure a little compared
to what you might have done when bonds were more attractive, and
to balance that by choosing conservative stocks that carry less
risk than the
overall market.
Because the assets are similar
to each other, the
overall risk of the total
exposure is relatively low.
That would reduce one's
overall risk exposure to a downturn in that sector.
This is important because the more
exposure you have
to various sectors and stocks with various market capitalization's, the lower your
overall risk.
Index funds, on the other hand, present a simpler way
to gain
exposure to a wide range of equities and are a good option for investors who are looking
to match market benchmarks or reduce their broader portfolio's
overall risk profile.
Default rates are an important statistical measure used by lenders
to determine their
risk exposure and economists
to evaluate the health of the
overall economy.
Hartford Multifactor Low Volatility International Equity Index (LLVINX or the «Index») seeks
to address
risks and opportunities within developed (excluding the US) and emerging market stocks by selecting equity securities exhibiting low volatility and constructing the portfolio in a way that is designed
to improve
overall exposure to value, momentum, quality and size factors.
In doing so, one maintains
exposure to the
overall risk of the markets, but shifts
to more promising areas.
These
risks include any combination of the
risks described below, although the fund's
exposure to a particular
risk will be proportionate
to the fund's
overall asset allocation and underlying fund allocation.
«In this report, we used a life course approach, similar
to our examination of
overall sensitization,
to further investigate the relationships between
exposure to indoor dogs and the
risk of dog sensitization and
exposure to indoor cats and cat sensitization.»
Cutaneous hemangiosarcomas tend
to occur most commonly on the head in cats, indicating that sun
exposure contributes ot the
overall risk of these tumors.
Let us develop a vaccination schedule and ongoing booster routine that accounts for your pet's lifestyle,
overall health,
risk for
exposure to infectious disease, and other factors.
Let us develop a vaccination schedule and ongoing booster routine ideal for your pet's lifestyle,
overall health,
risk for
exposure to infectious disease, and other factors.
The
overall rhythm of gameplay benefits from this feature, as you must decide how
to balance the
risk of
exposure in going after a hand -
to - hand kill against the welcome ability
to thin out the always numerous enemies in one fell swoop.
However, among women who had never smoked,
exposure to passive smoking
overall, and
to most categories of passive smoking, did not statistically significantly increase lung cancer
risk.
While the majority of small, developing, island nations faced extreme levels of
exposure to climate - related events, their populations and infrastructures were deemed less «sensitive,» and were therefore generally not considered
to be at «extreme»
risk overall.
Based on this prevalence for the
overall U.S. population of women of reproductive age and the number of U.S. births each year, it is estimated that more than 300,000 newborns each year may have increased
risk of learning disabilities associated with in utero
exposure to methylmercury.
Beyond numbers, defendants must also weigh
overall risk exposure, including reputational concerns and the time its officers, directors, and employees will need
to devote
to defending the matter.
Apply that kind of filter across an entire portfolio and a firm might begin
to reduce
overall risk - weighted
exposure by significant amounts.
Even high mileage drivers may benefit
overall if they prefer owning multiple vehicles, and because they would benefit most from reduced traffic congestion, accident
risk and
exposure to pollution emissions.
As the leading enterprise security company, we know that in a digital world security must come first, and our integrated security architecture reduces customers»
overall risk of
exposure to ransomware and malware attacks,» said Chuck Robbins, Chairman and CEO, Cisco, in a statement.
These results are consistent with the conclusion that reckless driving in movies directly impacted adolescent future reckless driving practices, whereas frequent
overall screen
exposure may have stimulated reckless driving through
exposure to a variety of other
risk - taking behaviors such as excessive drinking, movie violence and their cumulative impact on sensation seeking tendencies [35], [62] Previous research indicates that adolescents who frequently watch R - rated movies, rated such for portraying higher levels of
risk taking behavior and violence [35] show increases in sensation seeking over time [63].