Word: portfolios
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...internship with Goldman Sachs’s portfolio advisory group during his sophomore summer caused Anguas to change his thinking...
...exposure you have to gold, oil and other commodities may have grown too large. Ditto for emerging markets and small-cap stocks. But big-cap U.S. stocks (especially in health care and consumer staples) may have shriveled too far. Real estate may have shrunk as a part of your portfolio too, but because most investors are homeowners, they already have a stake in that game. By all means, stick to your dollar-cost-averaging regimen, whereby market volatility actually boosts returns because you automatically buy while prices are down...
...portfolio" approach to airlines is not unique. "I've always thought of the network as being a lot like an investment portfolio," says American's Joyner. "You have the opportunity to move your assets around--in this case it's airplanes--and allocate them in different ways." American, for example, flies 37% of its seat-miles outside the U.S., up from 27% five years ago. But while Branson and his private investment partners can wait for long-term returns, publicly held U.S. airlines are under constant short-term pressure to deliver results...
...publishing industry is banking on that. Will Weisser, associate publisher of Portfolio, Penguin's business imprint, says that business-advice books written by men inevitably reflect a masculine approach. "Women in business are looking for something that speaks to their own experience." The success of Basic Black, Hearst Magazines president Cathie Black's best-selling 2007 advice book and memoir, paved the way for three provocative career guides for women, by women...
...aspiring journalists?JL: You’re remembered for your highs but relied upon for your averages. So you need to understand how to place your bets so that it works out. It’s like venture capitalism...And maybe the best method is to have a mixed portfolio, low probability but high return. So the book for me is kind of weird, because I suspended my career for a couple years working on it. But you know, in the end, I was obsessed with Chinese food, so I really didn’t have a choice...