Can you handle stock market volatility?

"One man's meat is another man's poison" as a Alpha fund manager I over perform in high volatility and underperform in low volatility, consequently my fund returns in 2017 has been disappointing. Any passive investors should understand that the market is a random walk and the probably of what just played out (the S&P 500 rising for 12 straight months) is statistically 6 in 150 or 4%. My new year wish will be simple. YouTube Video

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3 ways to look at investing risk

Risk and one's exposure to risk, here's the problem. The vast majority of earth's citizens are completely unaware of the level of systemic risk they are presently exposed to. Do you have a pension plan?. Then you might be surprised to find that you're saddled with more risk than you envisaged or desire. see zerohedge articleYouTube Video

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Retire 6 years earlier by investing on margin

Great subject Sven, leverage (Margin) is a double edged sword. Yes mathematically it does improve your probability of profit because you can increase your number of occurrences and reduce your risk (if margin is applied correctly) buy improving efficiency in managing correlations, but one needs to understand and respect its ramifications. Today we see record margin debt recently hitting another record of $561 billion, understanding and respecting margin is essential to your financial survival. See Zerohedge article Bubble Watch: US Margin Debt Now Equal the Economy of Taiwan. YouTube Video

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