Growth PortfolioThe Growth Portfolio took a dip in October, mostly due to some uncertainly about the US midterm elections, which will be held in November (6th). That, added to the trade war situation with China really shook things up a bit. It may calm down... Read more
Growth PortfolioReturn figures for September 2018. The Growth Portfolio pulled back a little in August. The markets still have a bit of confusion about the trade wars it seems, plus all this posturing going on in the U.S. about Trump and his team, so things... Read more
Growth PortfolioGrowth Portfolio Update for August 2018 August was a great month for the portfolios we are following! My Personal Portfolio is still heading up now REIT’s have found themselves, and we have finally passed the Permanent Portfolio... Read more
Growth PortfolioTransferWise recently brought out its new Borderless Account and I think it’s great for investors who have diversified investments in multiple countries and currencies
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Growth PortfolioComparing three separate growth portfolios against a baseline of the S&P 500 ETF shows that just investing in stocks alone is not great
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Growth PortfolioResults of the Growth Portfolio implemented on June 1st 2018 so it can be tracked in real time here on my website. Average returns are almost 10%
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Growth PortfolioBy backtesting (simulating with a computer) for many years in the past the strategies we are going to use, say 10 to 50 years in the past, gives us an idea of how it “might” perform in the future in different market conditions
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Growth Portfolio25% of my growth portfolio is invested in real-estate funds. I use REITs to get exposure to real-estate rather than rental properties etc
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Growth PortfolioGold as part of a well balanced, diversified portfolio can help significantly in market downturns. Gold has been a store of value for over 10,000 years
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Growth PortfolioBonds are a part of most portfolios and have been for a long time. They historically move opposite to stocks allowing diversification of portfolios
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