Portfolio
A grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds and cash equivalents, as well as their mutual, exchange-traded and closed-fund counterparts. Portfolios are held directly by investors and/or managed by financial professionals.
Portfolio focused on the precious metals sector can be called a gold portfolio.
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Commodity Portfolio
Commodity traders arrive at diversification of their market exposure by creating portfolios that potentially reduces risk or provide a hedging platform
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Diversification
Diversification is an investment strategy that calls for spreading risk and allocating resources so as to keep them from being vulnerable to external conditions, and to be as independent from each other as possible. In short, diversification is about “not putting all your eggs in one basket.” For instance, precious metals diversification could mean purchasing not only gold, but also silver and mining stocks and mining stocks diversification means buying shares of multiple mining companies instead of just one of them. Gold diversification could refer to purchasing gold in various instruments (gold bars and gold coins instead of just one of them)There are also other ways in which one can diversify including diversification between strategies and diversification between different signal providers (analysts or investment tools).
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Gold Hedge Fund
Some hedge funds specialize in the gold market and in this case, one can benefit from both: gold's price gains, and portfolio manager's abilities. Naturally, there are some drawbacks as well, such as the fee that the fund charges.
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Long-term Investments
Assets to be held over a long period of time. How long is "long" depends on an individual investor's perspective. For day-traders, long-term could mean a week (as they usually hold a position for a few hours or so).
Although some of our tools might use a different definition, at Sunshine Profits, we assume that long term refers to a period of at least 6 months.
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Short-term Trades
Short-term trades are trades that terminate within a short period from their inception. They can be very profitable, but they are also very risky.
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