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...most of the past 10 years, stepping up hasn't been an issue. The masses in mutual funds have tripped over one another to buy stocks on every decline--including some doozies such as the aftermath of the Asia crisis two years ago. Hypnotized by a near perfect economy with plenty of jobs, soaring corporate profits and low inflation, investors always saw falling prices as a second chance to get stocks that had run away from them. The declines never lasted...
...every rally becomes a chance to unload. "For the first time in a while, people have got really scared," notes longtime bear Barton Biggs, chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. He was expecting more selling this week, fueled by margin calls, margin-related liquidations and fidgety institutions. Mutual-fund investors, generally, have been holding on, Biggs says, though they haven't been aggressive buyers, and some fund companies got hit with redemptions. [What should you do? For advice on riding out volatile markets, see my column on page...
...right mix depends on your risk tolerance. But in addition to any bonds and cash you may hold, consider spreading your money among small-cap, large-cap and international stocks in at least five unrelated industries. Diversification is most easily accomplished through mutual funds, but stock pickers can get broad exposure with just six to ten stocks. Don't run scared from tech even now. Consider a market weighting of about 30% tech stocks...
...mixer. She's nurturing; he's competitive. She's rational; he's emotional. As a cultural anthropologist she studies objects; as a psychologist he studies people. "We have zero overlap," says Jeff proudly. "Even after 30 years together, I am perpetually fascinated by Dolores." The feeling is mutual. "Jeff and I have many more interesting worlds to share with each other because we have those differences," says Dolores...
CLEAR FOCUS Tired of waiting for those quarterly reports that show how the individual stocks in your mutual funds have been doing? Montgomery Asset Management is rolling out a family of "focused funds" called Stock Solutions that will put its investments into more "transparent" portfolios. Fund owners will have online access to information on stock holdings and their allocations, albeit with a two-week lag (instead of the three months or six months it takes most fund companies). That way, you can dump a fund sooner if you don't like its dogs...