What does it take to feel wealthy? About $7.5 million, according to a group of people who should know. That finding came in a recent survey of 1,000 millionaire households by Fidelity, the second-largest mutual fund company. The average wealth of the households surveyed was $3.5 million, and surprisingly some 42 percent of those respondents said they do not feel […]
Month: March 2011
International stocks still offer diversification benefits
A long-held axiom among professional investors says that diversifying a portfolio by adding international stocks helps to reduce risk and enhance returns. But as the world’s developed economies in Asia and Europe have become more tightly entwined, critics have argued that global investing’s allure has declined because stock market patterns in major markets have converged. Rex Sinquefield, who helped develop […]
Market historians say this bull market is for real and will last
Stock markets worldwide have been rallying for nearly two years now. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index hit a low of 676 on March 9, 2009 and has risen ever since. In late February it was in the 1330 range. Yet the average investor doesn’t seem to trust the trend, and plenty of professionals are skeptical as well. Worries over […]