Tag: asset allocation

What Makes Investing So Hard?

Anyone willing to do some research on how to invest will eventually find the relatively simple approach that most experts recommend to individuals. Like in Blackjack, let’s call this Basic Strategy:

Asset Allocation with Restricted Stock

When thinking about restricted stock units (RSUs) in a portfolio, most consider the tax and risk consequences of holding and selling restricted stock …

The Value of Diversification

When I list “full diversification” as a core component of Mariposa’s investment strategy, what does that really mean? What’s the point of diversification?

Top 5 Articles of 2010

Here are the five most popular articles with our readers in 2010, our first full year of blogging:

Online Investment Advisors: Asset Allocations

The other day, I introduced three online investment services and evaluated them versus a target date fund. As promised, this post goes a little deeper into the asset allocations recommended […]