Four factors should be considered when deciding on your alternative investment strategy. Here are a few thoughts on each.

What is your objective?

Consider the importance of stability of principal, predictability of income, and capital growth. These must be considered against the risk and reward potential of the three categories of investment alternatives. To have maximum stability of principal, you could invest in cash equivalents. (more…)

Risk is a vital part of thinking about investing, even though you can’t put a number to it. You can’t really start applying many of the ideas in this book without having a good grounding in what makes a risky investment and what makes one investment more or less risky than another. (more…)