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What is a stock portfolio?
A stock portfolio is all the stocks that you own. I would venture to say that if you had one stock in any company, you would have one stock in your portfolio. If you had 5 different stocks, you would have a total of 5 stocks in your portfolio.
How individual investors likely to be affected by institutional investors?
Individual investors may have to pay more for stocks because institutional investors are bidding the prices up. This can make it hard for individual investors to have a sizable portfolio.
What stocks are in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio?
http://www.buffettbuys.com
Would you get the largest reduction in risk by spreading your portfolio across two stocks?
Your risk is reduced by investing in stocks with low correlation (prices do not move in sync). This is the basis of modern portfolio theory (look it up at investopedia).
What does it mean to diversify a portfolio?
Having a number of different asset classes in the portfolio. Asset classes include stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities and cash equivalents.
What is a stock portfolio?
A stock portfolio is all the stocks that you own. I would venture to say that if you had one stock in any company, you would have one stock in your portfolio. If you had 5 different stocks, you would have a total of 5 stocks in your portfolio.
An investor by investing in combinations of stocks develops a portfolio?
An investor, by investing in combinations of stocks, develops a ____ portfolio a) simple b) structured c) diversified d) energetic Best answer is available on onlinesolutionproviders com thanks
How individual investors likely to be affected by institutional investors?
Individual investors may have to pay more for stocks because institutional investors are bidding the prices up. This can make it hard for individual investors to have a sizable portfolio.
There are 20 stocks in portfolio with a total beta of 1.65 you sell 5 stocks from portfolio with a total beta of 2.0 each stock weighs 5 after selling the 5 stocks what is the beta?
Say, you hold 1,000 shares of Bharti Airtel, 300 shares of Infosys, 500 shares of Reliance Industries and 700 shares of Hindustan Unilever. In order to completely hedge the portfolio, you need to arrive at the total beta value of your holdings. To begin with, get the beta of individual stocks against the index (available in NSE monthly newsletters). Now, multiply individual beta value of stocks to the current value of investment in that stock. Then, divide the sum of all these numbers with the total value of your investment (current) to arrive at the overall beta of your portfolio.
What is a group of Stocks called?
A Stock Brokerage or Stock Brokerage Firm.
What does it mean to diversify your accounts?
Different kinds of stocks in your portfolio.
Where to Begin investing in stocks?
Index mutual funds The ONLY way to begin investing in stocks is with a "paper portfolio." You get a notebook and write the transactions you would make with real money in the notebook--yes, you can use Excel for this if you'd like. Track your paper portfolio like you would a real one. Whether you're trading mutual funds or individual stocks doesn't matter here--a paper portfolio will give you the opportunity to see how your money would have performed without actually risking any of it.
What online tool can I use to help research stocks for a personal portfolio?
Scottrade has an excellent online personal portfolio tool to research and trade stocks. Personal Capital also has excellent tools that can be viewed from smartphones.
What stocks are in the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio?
http://www.buffettbuys.com
Would you get the largest reduction in risk by spreading your portfolio across two stocks?
Your risk is reduced by investing in stocks with low correlation (prices do not move in sync). This is the basis of modern portfolio theory (look it up at investopedia).
How does a portfolio with 2 stocks decrease if both stocks are increasing?
The value of a portfolio may decrease when the stocks are increasing in price if the portfolio owner is making bets that the stocks will decrease in price. One way to do this is by short selling ('shorting') a stock. This essentially means you borrow the stock and then immediately sell it, in the hope that the stock will decrease in value so you can buy it back at the lower price (the opposite of buying a stock and hoping for an increase in value).
What is A portfolio's risk is measured by the weighted average of the standard deviations of the securities in the portfolio It is this aspect of portfolios that allows investors to combine stocks?
Beta.
