http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/17416 Investments in oil & gas private placements, or direct participation projects should only be made by investors who understand, or learn how to implement a deliberate plan to minimize risk, while clearly understanding a likely, and reasonable risk/reward ratio...investors need to accept the over-all risk they must take to achieve the upside necessary to justify taking the risk in the first place.Investing in oil & gas projects usually takes a check-list approach in my view... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:33:22 PST en-us http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/17416 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/17416 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:33:22 PST Most investors jump into their investment programs without a clear understanding of the process, the securities, or the risks involved in the effort. Few hold valid expectations, and most choose to ignore the cyclical nature of the investment marketplace. This poor preparation is an endemic problem of our society, made profitable by Wall Street, for Wall Street. http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5630 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5630 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:53:33 PST Private Workshops: You and Steve Selengut--- whatever you want to talk about. Your portfolio, your plans. How to increase your income. Getting ready for retirement. What Market Cycle Investment Management can do for you. http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5639 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5639 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:54:41 PST When is 3 percent better than 6 percent? Yeah, we all know the answer, but only until the prices of the securities we already own begin to fall. Then, logic and mathematical acumen disappear and we become susceptible to all kinds of special cures for the periodic onset of higher interest rates. We’ll be told to sit in cash until rates stop rising, or to sell the securities we own now, before they lose even more of their precious market value. http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5645 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5645 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 11:33:45 PST The larger the portfolio, the more likely it is that you will be able to buy round lots of a diversified group of bonds, preferred stocks, etc. But regardless of size, individual securities of all kinds have liquidity problems, higher risk levels than are necessary, and lower yields spaced out over inconvenient time periods. http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5646 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5646 Thu, 02 Jun 2016 11:49:04 PST It matters not what lines, numbers, indices, or gurus you worship, you just can't know where the stock market is going or when it will change direction. Too much investor time and analytical effort is wasted trying to predict course corrections… even more is squandered comparing portfolio Market Values with a handful of unrelated indices and averages. http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5648 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5648 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:49:41 PST This method of looking at things will get you where you want to be without the hype that Wall Street uses to create unproductive transactions, foolish speculations, and incurable dissatisfaction. It provides a valid use for portfolio Market Value, but far from the judgmental nature Wall Street would like. It's use in this model, as both an expectation clarifier and an action indicator for the portfolio manager on a personal level, should illuminate your light bulb. http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5649 http://net-teams.net/nti/Display.cfm/5649 Sun, 20 Sep 2015 07:19:27 PST Smack, right up alongside the head. 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