The Constant Ratio Formula, Making History The constant ratio formula is not a new formula. The first widely publicized use of the constant-ratio formula n the late 1930s was the “Yale Plan,” so-called because Yale University managed a part of its endowment fund according to the formula.
Mutual Funds: Tools for Diversification Mutual Funds: Tools for Diversification Companies succeed and fail all the time — much like individuals do in their own careers. Putting all of one’s stock into one currently successful company can result in financial disaster, but in a diversified mutual fund, the […]
A Peek Inside ?Members-Only? Investment Clubs A Peek Inside “Members-Only” Investment Clubs One of the astonishing developments in investing in the past 10 years has been the rapid development of investment clubs throughout the nation.
Government Regulation And The Stock Market Government Regulation And The Stock Market In a bank that is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (F.D.I.C.), a depositor has a flat guarantee from the U.S. Government that he can always get his money back, and promptly. But in […]
Seeking The Perfect Market Indicator The search for automatic investing technique schemes which would produce profits by giving investors advance indication of market swings, based on a mechanical interpretation of market data has been going on for quite some time.
Taking On Closed-End Companies Taking On Closed-End Companies Investors need be wary of buying stock in closed-end companies. They tend to grow much more slowly than their open-end counterparts, and an investor with limited capital can find himself out of luck if he is unable to buy additional […]
Seeking The Perfect Market Indicator The search for automatic investing technique schemes which would produce profits by giving investors advance indication of market swings, based on a mechanical interpretation of market data has been going on for quite some time.
Finding Your Intrinsic Value The category of variable-ratio plans generally known as “intrinsic value” formulas are without doubt the most sophisticated of all the formula investing techniques. For this reason they are also the most complicated, some of them so much so that they offer little practical guidance to the investor who manages […]
Investing In Large, But Not Big Companies Investing In Large, But Not Big Companies Because so much is said and written about the giants, an investor may easily fail to notice the other large companies. But a major feature of American business organization is the numerous corporations, each […]
Investing In Large, But Not Big Companies Investing In Large, But Not Big Companies Because so much is said and written about the giants, an investor may easily fail to notice the other large companies. But a major feature of American business organization is the numerous corporations, each […]
