Word: portfolios
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...underlying securities that make up a fund’s portfolio are often illiquid—or not easily convertible to cash—such as securities that trade on foreign markets...
Amparo Moraleda IBM'S EUROSTAR IBM couldn't keep Moraleda, 41, holed up in the Iberian Peninsula. After she led IBM Spain to 7% revenue growth last year, handily outpacing her counterparts in the rest of Western Europe, the company added Israel, Greece and Turkey to her portfolio. (She already had Portugal.) Moraleda was managing a small Spanish IBM subsidiary when ex-chairman Louis Gerstner picked her as his top assistant for international operations. Her ascent has turned the mother of two into a role model in Spain, where women still struggle for acceptance in the boardroom. --By Jane Walker/Madrid...
...That doesn't mean there's no place in your portfolio for energy. Just that there's no rush to buy at this point. In the long term, demand from China and relatively sparse world production capability will keep oil prices moving up. But wait for at least a 10% dip in share prices before dollar-cost-averaging into the traditional energy sector. And be warned that prices could fall a lot farther than 10% if the world economy weakens. Which wouldn't be a bad thing, for consumers or investors. The next global slowdown will be the time...
...operator's own network within a country, says Gutberlet. But eventually, most operators will be forced to join the VoIP revolution. Some already run wi-fi hot spots; in France, Orange subscribers can tap the Net with laptops and other devices, so adding VoIP phones to its portfolio could help the company hold onto at least some voice revenue. Germany's third largest operator, E-Plus, last week said that it will include Skype software as part of its flat-rate €40-per-month data-card subscription for use on laptops, starting in October. "In the long term...
...partner in Brown & Tedstrom Inc. in Denver. It also depends on your time horizon. Planning to stay in your house 10 years or more? Then taking the extra cash from refinancing and investing it in something that has a higher rate of return can really bolster your retirement portfolio...