Recent disasters like have took place in Haiti and Japan coupled with social, political and economic unrest are reeking havoc on the financial markets and the fragile globally interdependent economies of the world. It seems like an understatement to describe making an investment in this current environment as anything other than a lot more challenging than ever. So, taking steps toward an intelligently diversified portfolio to protect yourself should be an ongoing activity.
While a few have selected the posture of total inaction "until things settle out", the fact is that not doing anything is not going to make the grade. Although, it's true that trading and investing in this economy has become tougher than ever, you can't simply not do anything whatsoever and expect to come through everything unscathed.
Inflation along with the natural order of things is not going to allow a status quo and will inevitably cause an overall decline of one's net worth. You've heard it before, "There's big profits to be created in down markets". You need to have a solid financial plan, do your research and be aware of what you are looking at. Then intelligently diversify your portfolio, particularly when times are tough.
In all, proven money generating methods are the best. Search for systems that have been around for longer than just a year or so. Take into account that the basics of investing apply even more strictly in bad times than in good. Don't invest money you can not afford to loose. It needs to be "investment capital".
Research investments with good return potential in relation to a small risk factor. When trading anything, only use proper money management and don't risk more than 3% in your account per trade, particularly when you could really use a nice big winner to turn things around. This is where your overall trading strategy comes in and the discipline to keep with the plan.
Find something that's worked consistently in the past that is relatively liquid like option trading on equity stocks, penny stocks and conservative long-term foreign exchange trading. Verified forex signal services generally is a good investment. You might even consider real estate given that the housing market has begun to bottom out.
The trick is to safeguard your assets through diversification. Once your select variety of investments are isolated, seed them with minimal outlays and monitor them very closely to discover what takes root. Then move larger amounts into the ones that bear fruit following a gradient basis. Basically, never put all your eggs in one basket! Have realistic expectations and shoot for steady overall growth. Take your small losses on the investments that didn't succeed and move on.
I can't emphasize this next point strongly enough. Allow your investments sufficient time so you can make an educated decision. Just a few loosing months during an overall up trend isn't necessarily cause to jettison an investment. In reality, this can be a very good sign. All truly verified performance results are going to have their loosing months during current and prior years.
Be wary of performance returns where there aren't any losses. Oftentimes they're not real! Losses naturally happen in actual trading and investing as the markets fluctuate both in good times and bad. All too often, people are looking for the holy grail. They believe they've done their homework mainly because they found something that's never has suffered looses. Investment vehicles that can absorb losses and survive have a propensity to attain stable profit in the long run. Those systems that do not show many or any losses, in most cases do not survive for the long haul.
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Jim Gilberti - Director Client Relations
Axis Financial Source, Ltd.
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