Another Portfolio

I had worked as an equity analyst for ten years in Asia, and then I got my MBA degree last year. I am thinking of Investment Banking or Portfolio Management to be my next step of career pursuing area. It seems like my previous working experience is more related to portfilio manager since I started to lead a team of analysts to evaluate all kinds of investment projects three years ago. However, I am interested in IB area and would like to learn more other than public stock market. Could someone give me some ideas or suggestion?

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This guide provides strategies for coping with volatile returns and profiting with this exciting new asset class. Specific topics include: Profiles of major funds; Historical performance of hedge funds; Hedge funds as a part of the institutional portfolio; Selecting a hedge fund manager; Legal, tax and accounting issues…. More >>

Hedge Funds: Investment and Portfolio Strategies for the Institutional Investor

Stocks have a down side. Real estate may also have a downside, along with liquidty. Investment grade life insurance has limits.

I just invested $250 in VT and will invest $250 every month for 3 to 5 years. I am 25 and have Share Builder. Your opinion?

a. Beta
b. Earnings
c. Price
d. Dividends

Do I get my investment back if:
a) the manager goes into liquidation?
b) the custodian bank goes into liquidation?

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At age 15, Matt Seto set up a mutual fund with $23,000 from relatives and has since watched it top the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 31 percent annually, outperforming 99 percent of the funds in its category. Here, Seto shares his profoundly simple but enormously effective investment philosophy that caught the attention of Wall Street and the world…. More >>

The Whiz Kid of Wall Street’s Investment Guide: How I Returned 34% on My Portfolio

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A noted money manager shows mutual fund investors how to build portfolios that maximize mutual fund returns while minimizing risk, offering strategies for moving between funds and model portfolios to suit a wide variety of individual needs. … More >>

The Macmillan Spectrum Investor’s Choice Guide to Mutual Fund Investment Strategies

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A new way of trading is sweeping through the world of modern investing, cutting costs and forcing investors to really think about what they’re doing. The old style of investing using individual stocks or even active fund managers is dead. This new world is all about tracking the right index, working out the big sectors and mega-themes, increasing international diversification and making use of alternative assets.
The benchmarking titles are mainly US imports (perhaps with a small adaptation for the UK market), but this will be the first UK originated book. It brings to us a roster of fantastic authors – David Stevenson of the FT, Matthew Vincent of the weekend FT and Stephen Barber of Selftrade. … More >>

Financial Times Guide to Exchange Traded Funds and Index Funds: How to use tracker funds in your investment portfolio

Are they geared to provide income ONLY for retirement or can they be used as an investment vehicle that I could use to supplement my income now?

How can i be a investment banker / portfolio manager?
What are the requirements?
Im currently taking up the course of prof.accountancy ACCA body, i wonder if that is enough to enter into a training program or must i go for CFA as well?

Advise needed.

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Real Estate Development and Investment A Comprehensive Approach Written by real estate industry veteran Stephen Peca, this timely guide skillfully outlines the various phases of the real estate development process and addresses some of the most important issues associated with this discipline. Using numerous illustrations and anecdotes, this book takes you through the development process, from historical considerations and idea formulation to financial feasibility and asset disposition, while covering the entire cycle of real estate development for various property types. Topics touched upon throughout these pages include: The key factors affecting demand for different land uses and de… More >>

Real Estate Development and Investment: A Comprehensive Approach

Also, when investing in Mutual Funds what should I check everyday the NASDAQ, AMEX or S & P 500? Let’s just say I’m investing in Aggressive Growth mutual funds from that company. What should I be checking everyday?

Hi
I need to buy SHORT TERM INVESTMENT STOCKS
ones that i will be able to get a very good return ANY STOCK MARKET to a certain extent
could u give me any suggestions?
also i need currencies too so like my money is currently in USD and i can buy other currencies too

PLZ HELP ME ITS VERY IMPOTANT PLZZZZZZZZZZ