Dividend growth stocks are something I would like to include in my portfolio, if for no other reason than to mitigate the damage from dividend cuts my more
riskier stocks experience.
Not exact matches
Unless you are an
experienced investor comfortable with highly
risky investments, we do not recommend that you trade penny
stocks.
Unless you are an
experienced investor comfortable with highly
risky investments, we do not recommend that you trade penny
stocks.
However, the high correlation between
risky assets
experienced recently like during the recession of 2001 - 2003 and the global financial crisis in 2007 - 2009 has caused many investors to reconsider allocating by traditional asset classes defined by security type like
stocks, bonds and real estate or commodities.
If a mutual fund manager is investing in lots of high tech fast growing
stocks which are inherently
risky then the mutual fund may
experience more dramatic shifts in per share price which may make investors uncomfortable.
Trading penny
stocks takes an incredible amount of knowledge and
experience as their higher levels of volatility and market movement make them an extremely
risky investment.
Trading penny
stocks is considered a very
risky proposition, especially for novice traders, as there is a tendency of these
stocks to
experience greater volatility and larger value movement than blue chip
stocks.
It wasn't that the
stocks were bad picks, but I lacked the
experience to be involved in such a
risky game.
When you hold a particularly
risky stock (one that can quickly swing high or low in price) or during times when the
stock market as a whole is
experiencing a lot of volatility, put options can act as insurance against downside risk.
Stocks are generally seen to be
riskier assets, while bonds offer more consistent performance but lack the potential for significant price appreciation that equities can
experience.
[Note 3] Studying the period from 1926 to 1971, they concluded that «over the long run
stock portfolios with lesser variance in monthly returns have
experienced greater average returns than their «
riskier» counterparts».