Managing your portfolio: How do you measure success?

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jul 27, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

This is the fifth post in our series on managing your portfolio and we're going to look at measuring success. 

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Tags: ISA investing tips, Investment funds, Investment strategy, Managing your portfolio

How to manage your account: making an investment switch

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Jul 24, 2013 @ 01:30 PM
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Tags: Investment funds, Investment strategy

Five models for constructing your portfolio

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jul 20, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

This is the fourth post in our series on managing your portfolio. In our last post we looked at how investors can manage the risk they face by using fixed interest and cash, although equites remain the most important element of their portfolio.

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Tags: Investment funds, Investment strategy

Managing your portfolio: The quality of the ride and lowering volatility

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jul 13, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

This post is the third in our series on managing your portfolio more effectively.

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Tags: Investment funds, Investment strategy

The funds in our portfolio: The current leader and laggard

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, Jul 10, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

In this post we'll take a look at the performance year to date of the funds in our portfolio.

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Tags: Investment funds, Investment strategy, Investment news

29.9% in 12 months: See how the funds in our portfolio have performed

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, Jun 15, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

In our last post, we explained how we have outperformed the market over the last 12 months (June 1st 2012 – June 1st 2013) with a return of 29.9%. In this post we'll give you an overview of how we did it.

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Tags: Investment funds, Investment strategy, Investment news

What is a buy and hold investment strategy and why is it broken

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, May 29, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

It's easy for some investors to believe that the best approach is a passive buy and hold investment strategy. The mantra goes ‘it’s time in the market, not market timing'. While buy and hold can be an effective strategy, if the investor starts at the right time and buys when the market is low, it is an approach that comes with flaws.

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Tags: Investment funds, Investment strategy

Download our latest free report: How to cut the cost of investing

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, May 25, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

As you probably know, here at ISACO we regularly write free reports and guides. As a reader of our blog, we'd like to give you the opportunity to be one of the first to download our latest free report How to cut the cost of investing.

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Tags: Investment funds, Investment charges

Choosing the right investment fund to meet your goals

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Sat, May 18, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

In our last post we discussed the 3 main types of investment fund. In this next post in our series on funds, we'll go on to look at a fund's aims and objectives.

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Choosing between the 3 main types of investment funds

Posted by Stephen Sutherland on Wed, May 15, 2013 @ 01:30 PM

This is the third post in our series looking at investment funds. In our first post we covered the main benefits of investing in funds, while last time we discussed 6 steps to successful fund investing.

There are a wide range of funds available and the choice can sometimes be overwhelming so, in this post, we'll move onto looking at the main types of investments funds.

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Tags: Investment funds, Investment strategy, Investment tutorials