Category: Money Talk Video

  • Alpha: Putting investment return in the context of risk

    It is first in the Greek alphabet, but as an investment tool, alpha takes a back seat to beta for investors concerned about risk. Kyle Tetting explains in a MONEY TALK VIDEO. […]

  • Beta: Learning how risky an investment might be

    Kyle Tetting explains in a MONEY TALK VIDEO how investors can consider an investment’s potential risk compared to a benchmark. […]

  • Efficiently lining up reward and risk

    In seeking the optimal investment return at the level of risk they’re willing to take, investors can use the Efficient Frontier model, Steve Giles says, to help find an appropriate mix of assets to consider. MONEY TALK VIDEO

  • Talking Money: Measuring risk/reward

    In a Money Talk Video, Kyle Tetting introduces some of the statistical tools used to help measure risk and return.

  • Mutual Fund Distributions – Part 2

    More capital gain distributions from mutual funds recently means investors need to be aware of possible tax consequences, Ron Hansen says in the second of two Money Talk Videos. […]

  • Talking Money: Modern Portfolio Theory

    Modern Portfolio Theory aims at balancing asset allocations to optimize investment return at a given level of risk. It’s a prize-winning approach to investment management, as Kyle Tetting explains in a MONEY TALK VIDEO. […]

  • Mutual funds to diversify portfolios

    Asset allocation accounts for the bulk of the long-term performance of investment portfolios. For the same reason you don’t put all your eggs in the same basket, successful investors rely on an array of investments. As Marc Amateis explains in a MONEY TALK VIDEO, mutual funds can help make it easier to diversify a portfolio.…