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...invest enough in your 401(k) to receive any match that your employer offers, it's generally a mistake to voluntarily buy more of your employer's stock--no matter how bright you consider its prospects. Rough times can hit a company or an entire industry without warning. A portfolio diversified among five or more industries, including some that are sensitive to the ups and downs of the economy (airlines, builders, equipment makers) and some that aren't (food, drugs), gives you a cushion. If achieving diversification means passing up what looks like a sure thing in your field...
...this way and others, investing should be fun. I recommend setting aside a small portion (no more than 10%) of your portfolio to play hunches. Call it your fun money. If you want to take a flyer on a stock in an industry to which you're already heavily exposed, take the cash from your hunch pool. Meanwhile, make sure that your other 401(k) and any additional retirement accounts are invested in diversified stock funds or, if you're a stock picker, spread among other industries. There's nothing wrong with having confidence in your employer. But even Bill...
...needs a stock portfolio when you've got baseball memorabilia? Mark McGwire's 70th home-run ball (not even the one that broke Ruth's record) set its own record at auction last week. But don't bet the farm on your signed Hank Aaron mitt yet. It's a steep drop to the next nine highest prices paid for sports memorabilia at public auction...
...likened a university's patent portfolio to "fine wines," saying that it takes time for new inventions to yield dividends...
Harvard's long-term Policy Portfolio, the base for its year-to-year investment strategy, contains 8.9 percent in euro-based bonds and equities. 6.15 percent of the portfolio is in euro-based equities, shares in companies based in the 11 countries, 2.75 percent is in bonds in the Euroland countries. The University also has a small amount of real estate in the euro-based countries...