This fund now trades at a 4.2 % discount to net asset value (NAV, or the market
value of its portfolio holdings).
Not exact matches
In October, Fidelity reduced the
value of the Zenefits shares it
holds in its
portfolio by 48 percent.
Bill Miller, the famed
value investor who manages the Miller Opportunity Trust mutual fund and
holds 16 %
of its
portfolio in airline stocks, imagines a new normal in which airlines remain profitable during slumps because
of their newfound discipline on capacity.
Rebalancing involves disposing
of portfolio holdings in asset classes that have risen in
value and using the proceeds to buy more
of your asset classes that have risen less in order to restore a desired balance between stocks and bonds.
This tool uses the present
value of bond
portfolios, adjusted for interest rate and inflation expectations, to show current retirees how much in retirement savings they need today to account for every $ 1 they need in the future, assuming they
hold a
portfolio made up entirely
of investment - grade bonds and longer - term Treasurys.
The second is the risk
of slow, long - run erosion in real
value (or failure to gain real
value) in the
portfolio due to overweighting low - return
holdings.
That's why we
hold over 200 individual investment positions in Strategic Growth, why we diversify across industries, why I left complete put option coverage underneath the Fund's
portfolio even in response to a favorable shift in our measures
of market action two weeks ago (now neutral), why the dollar
value of our shorts never materially exceeds our long
holdings, and why even in the most favorable conditions, the Fund can establish leverage only by investing a small percentage
of assets in call options (never on margin).
The market
values of securities
held in the
portfolio will go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably.
While Mark Cuban sees more
value in a
holding a «pet rock» than the yellow metal, Kevin O'Leary said it's a definite part
of his
portfolio.
If the market falls by 20 %, the
value of the equity
holdings will be reduced to $ 180,000 ($ 225,000 * 0.8), while the worth
of the fixed income
holdings remain at $ 75,000 to produce a total
portfolio value of $ 255,000.
The main purpose behind
holding these options is hedging a
portfolio against significant negative movement in the
value of US equities, commonly referred to as tail risk.
If you've bought a biotech ETF for example, and have no idea
of its composition or the underlying
value of the constituent
portfolio, how can you possibly know what the right price is to buy,
hold or sell?
If the benchmark used in beta calculation is a volatile index, then the calculated beta will look deceptively small for investors who have diversified
portfolios and do not expect significant fluctuation in the
values of their
holdings.
The Strategic Total Return Fund continues to
hold a
portfolio duration
of about 6 years, meaning that a 1 % (100 basis point) change in interest rates would induce a roughly 6 % change in the
value of the Fund.
Their
portfolio simulation approach: (1) is restricted to the technology, industrials, health care, financials and basic materials sectors; (2) assumes an extreme sentiment day for a stock has at least four novel news items (prior to 3:30 PM in New York) and is among the top 5 %
of average daily positive or negative events; (3) makes
portfolio changes at market close; (4)
holds positions for 20 days, subject to a 5 % stop - loss rule and a 20 % take - profit rule; (5) constrains any one position to 15 %
of portfolio value; and, (6) assumes round - trip trading friction
of 0.25 %.
Imagine that markets have crashed, your
portfolio's
value has fallen by 50 % overall and some
of your
holdings have lost 90 % or more.
Given our
value investing philosophy, it should come as no surprise that we reduced the weight
of U.S.
holdings in the
portfolio during the previous quarter.
This procedure ensures that the
value and growth
portfolios, which each
hold 150 stocks, contain stocks
of similar average quality.
In all, I'll be comfortable with my total REIT
holdings to be in the 5 % range
of all my
portfolio values.
This one fully tracks the
value and gain
of the
portfolio and individual stock
holdings, with detailed profit breakdown and also an integrated
portfolio cash account.
The Fund will typically aim to
hold equal
values of Long and Short positions across two
portfolios.
Portfolio Managers Bill Nygren and Win Murray answer questions from GuruFocus readers on a variety of subjects, including value investing, Harris Associates» investment process and current portfolio
Portfolio Managers Bill Nygren and Win Murray answer questions from GuruFocus readers on a variety
of subjects, including
value investing, Harris Associates» investment process and current
portfolio portfolio holdings.
The clearest available explanation for this crazy price outcome is supply: the total dollar amount
of market
value in $ WFC - L, an amount that has to find a home in someone's
portfolio at all times, is roughly 1000X larger than the total amount
of $ KSU - to be
held.
However, the Fund may experience a loss even when the entire
value of its stock
portfolio is hedged if the returns
of the stocks
held by the Fund do not exceed the returns
of the securities and financial instruments used to hedge, or if the exercise prices
of the Fund's call and put options differ, so that the combined loss on these options during a market advance exceeds the gain on the underlying stock index.
Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., continues to accelerate the strategic expansion
of its
value - added foods
portfolio with the acquisition
of Circle Foods, LLC, a San Diego, Calif. - based producer
of refrigerated and frozen hand -
held Mexican foods, uncooked tortillas and Indian flatbreads, from Claridge.
Contreras and those who work with him say he places a high
value on using various types
of data, whether that means creating a personalized schedule for English - language learners instead
of relying on a computer, or
holding monthly «
portfolio meetings»
of principals that feature videos
of teachers in the classroom and robust discussions
of their practices.
Active Share is calculated by taking the sum
of the absolute
value of the differences
of the weight
of each
holding in the manager's
portfolio and the weight
of each
holding in the benchmark index and dividing by two.
In the last row, you should mention the current
value of your
holding or
portfolio, along with the date on which the
value is taken.
In our first scenario, you own shares in a stock ETF that has gone up in
value over the past year and you want to keep it in your investment
portfolio as part
of your buy and
hold strategy.
We plan to continue to track the market
value of our dividend stock
holdings as well as the annual income
of our dividend growth stock
portfolio throughout time.
When buying puts on a basic
portfolio, would this amount to > 0.7 %
of the
holdings value per annum (the effective cost
of this product)?
That means that as your stock funds increase in
value relative to your bond funds, a greater portion
of your investment
portfolio will be
held in these riskier, more aggressive assets — something that could throw off your allocation and risk tolerance.
Thus, the mindset
of a person buying alternative investments is typically this: If my stock
portfolio takes a hit, at least I have these other investments — which hopefully will
hold their
value or not fall as much — to
hold me over.
Value - at - Risk (VaR) is a measure
of the downside risk (exposure to loss), which an individual investment or
portfolio holds.
Hold no more than 15 percent
of the
portfolio's
value in a single stock.
Consistently with the stock
holdings of the analyzed
portfolio, the reference portfolio comprised large - cap equity ETFs, such as the Guggenheim S&P 500 ® Top 50 ETF (XLG), PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio (PEY), PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio (PFM), and iShares Morningstar Large - Cap Value E
portfolio, the reference
portfolio comprised large - cap equity ETFs, such as the Guggenheim S&P 500 ® Top 50 ETF (XLG), PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers Portfolio (PEY), PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio (PFM), and iShares Morningstar Large - Cap Value E
portfolio comprised large - cap equity ETFs, such as the Guggenheim S&P 500 ® Top 50 ETF (XLG), PowerShares High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers
Portfolio (PEY), PowerShares Dividend Achievers Portfolio (PFM), and iShares Morningstar Large - Cap Value E
Portfolio (PEY), PowerShares Dividend Achievers
Portfolio (PFM), and iShares Morningstar Large - Cap Value E
Portfolio (PFM), and iShares Morningstar Large - Cap
Value ETF (JKF).
Yes, I like having the past on my side, but my own
portfolio is a combination
of over 12,000 stocks (through index funds)-- approximately half in stocks, half in bonds, half in growth, half in
value, half in large, half in small, half in international, half in U.S. half in buy and
hold and half in market timing.
If somebody wants to maintain a discipline
of 10 stocks in his / her
portfolio with equal allocation to every stock then he has to deploy the additional cash equally among the ten
holdings if it is worthwhile to invest (gap between intrinsic
value and market
value) at a particular point
of time.
And to top it off, we saw a human tragedy
of rare proportion directly and negatively impact the market
values of several
of the largest
portfolio holdings of the Fund — with surprisingly little offset.
Indeed, the very fact so many investors acted rather eagerly to upgrade has recently pushed the
value differential that much further in favor
of current
portfolio holdings.
The managers
of Dividend 15 Split Corp.'s
portfolio also aim to keep most
of their individual stock
holdings in the range
of 4 % to 8 %
of the fund's overall
value.
Finding comfort in
holding a long - term compounder but reluctance in buying additional quantity
of it (to maintain
portfolio allocation discipline) gives the view that the conviction
of the investor in
holding such a position is coming from the difference between the initial purchase price and the current market
value.
One reason that several
of the Fund's illiquid common stocks fell during the quarter is that many
value managers, who might
hold similar stocks, saw the opportunity to «upgrade» their
portfolios during mid-late September.
The heart
of my question is really this: Is the advice to put part
of your
portfolio into bonds assuming you are buying and
holding to maturity, or trading them based on market
value fluctuations?
One way to build a buy - and -
hold dividend
portfolio is to get a few ideas from the Dogs
of the TSX method I highlight in my
Value Hunter blog at MoneySense.ca.
Hold some cash too, up to 10 %
of the
value of your
portfolio.
Most
of the Canadian blue chip stocks you
hold in your
portfolio should offer good «
value» — that is, they should trade at reasonable multiples
of earnings, cash flow, book
value and so on.
If it does, you can sell some or all
of your shares for a profit if you want to, or you can
hold onto it, which increases the
value of your
portfolio.
I constructed a
portfolio of 80 % Large Capitalization
Value stocks and 20 % T - Bills as my stock
holding.
The strategy is to
hold a diversified
portfolio mid - to large - cap
value stocks, mostly domestic, and to hedge part
of the stock market risk by selling a blend
of index call options.