Dynamic Risk Allocation
Putnam Investments came out with a new fund last month, called Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund (PDREX). The fund “pursues total return like a traditional balanced fund, but with a better balance of risk. This investment approach is called Risk Parity. Rather than letting equities dominate, the risk is spread more evenly across a flexible variety of sources.” It is an interesting approach and it touches several key portfolio investment …
Sectors investing and why you should love it
Sector investing is a fundamental part of the classic asset allocation theory. If you are a prudent investor, who understands risk vs. reward tradeoff, you should look into sector investing, in fact I suggest you start investing in sectors vs. individual stocks. Holding a position in a sector provides inherent diversification and it reduces individual company risk. The bottom line is that investing in sectors provides better risk reward profile …