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I'm a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and in my opinion that's a very concentrated portfolio. You're taking on a material amount of company specific risk. I w
by Blackstone4 8y ago
I'm a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and in my opinion that's a very concentrated portfolio. You're taking on a material amount of company specific risk. I would consider diversifying your stock investments.
Myself, I like investing in close-ended funds (CEF) or otherwise known as investment trusts. I can overlay some active management whilst having a fairly diversified portfolio. I tend to try and buy the CEF when their discounts are wider than usual i.e. a 5% discount widened to 15% to 20% of NAV. Then I sometimes sell when the discount narrows. I switch between different CEF in the same sector if I find one with a better discount i.e. US small cap.
There are a bunch of gotachs so be careful. Some have wide discounts because they are managed by bad managers or they have expensive debt or preferred equity in the capital structure. So do your own research.
If you're in the US, check out: https://www.cefconnect.com/closed-end-funds-screener https://www.cefconnect.com/closed-end-funds-screener
In the UK, I use: https://www.theaic.co.uk/aic/find-compare-investment-companies https://www.theaic.co.uk/aic/find-compare-investment-compani...
I would also say that this market can be inefficient. Investment advisers don't like it because it doesn't scale well.
- poster123 8y agoI'm also a CFA and a closed-end fund investor and agree with this advice. People interested in CEFs should check out the Morningstar CEF forum https://socialize.morningstar.com/NewSocialize/forums/100000006.aspx https://socialize.morningstar.com/NewSocialize/forums/100000... .