by KenFaulkenberry | Jan 19, 2014 | Risk
Value investing is about purchasing investment assets at prices that put the odds of above average returns heavily in your favor. Excepting an investment that is going to go bust, almost any investment can be profitable if purchased at a low enough price.
The key to successful value investing is buying assets when the perceived risk is greater than the real risk. It’s equally important to avoid assets when the perceived risk is less that the real risk.
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by KenFaulkenberry | Mar 17, 2013 | Risk
Instead of being a victim of stock market volatility a value investor can take advantage of it to increase investment returns. The value investor must be able to think the opposite, or contrary, to what others are thinking; particularly when there is a large majority or consensus on an investment.
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by KenFaulkenberry | Mar 3, 2013 | Risk
Understanding the types of investment risk allows an investor to manage risk and optimize outcomes. Let’s look at the different types of investment risk and how a portfolio manager can use the tools available to improve their probability of positive outcomes instead of negative outcomes.
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by KenFaulkenberry | Jan 15, 2013 | Risk
Portfolio volatility has a large negative impact on investment performance and is one of the major reasons investors’ long term returns fall far short of expectations. I’m going to demonstrate why managing portfolio volatility is critical to your investment returns and crucial to managing investment risk.
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by KenFaulkenberry | Nov 6, 2012 | Risk
There are many types of investing risk. I believe the ultimate risk is permanently losing your capital. In order to avoid the ultimate risk you need an investment risk management plan. Part of this plan is to understand systematic and unsystematic risk and the most effective approaches to mitigating these risks.
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by KenFaulkenberry | Sep 30, 2012 | Risk
The TED Spread is the difference between the 3 month T-bill rate and the 3 month London Inter Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR). It is important because it is an indicator of perceived economic risk, monetary liquidity, and perceived credit risk of the global financial banking system.
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As founder of the Arbor Investment Planner my passion is to educate and empower the individual investors to manage their own investment portfolio.
The Arbor Investment Planner is a value investment portfolio management guide for those individual investors who choose to manage their own money. I focus on ideas and concepts important to the self directed investor; but put special emphasis on risk management, value investing strategies, and proper asset allocation and diversification.
- Ken Faulkenberry