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Stock Volatility in Action

In my last post on Investment, I have introduced the concept of investment risk, by means of a fictive example yielding one of two possible results. But this is obviously an overly simplistic way of viewing things! In reality, as anyone who ever tried the stock market knows, a portfolio of investments, can yield a… Read More »

Stock market? But there are risks!

I once asked a close relative of mine if he would consider investing alongside myself in my stock market investment portfolio. “Stock market?” he replied, “but there are risks!”. He then went on to invest a large chunk of his fortune in creating his own company (and asked me to co-invest with him 😃). Never… Read More »