For me, the main reason for investing my money on the stockmarket is to secure a better inflation-proofed income than I could get from bonds and cash deposits. For me, it helps simply to understand that the shares in my portfolio that have a good run one year, may underperform the next year. Now why should it based on 1 yr’s earnings is beyond me, given that business and the economy in general tend to go through cycles. Thomas and Betts Corporation (Symbol: TNB) is not only well-known business in electrical industry but also moonlights in the production of the large wind towers, which comprises approximately 10 percent of its business. Investment trusts now generate a large percentage of my drawdown income and also a large percentage of the income in my stocks you will know where your personnel is. To summarize, UCP Inc (the publicly traded entity) owns 42.3% of the operating company UCP LLC, while PICO owns the other 57.7% and will remain the controlling shareholder. 40-50bn. Yes, 10x difference now, but one is still growing fast while the other is stagnating. Occasionally, it would favour under-valued stocks while at other times, it would favour growth stocks. However, just because the investment strategy is currently out of favour with the stock market does not mean that it is a poor strategy.

However, the stock market sometimes has a fad. Some 5 years later however, I changed tack completely to become self-employed and start up a new retail business with a few friends. If you are worried about business productivity, don’t – GPS tracking is just what you need. The flaw is that the markets are not efficient to begin with. When the value rises – as it has these past two years – the yield will fall when expressed as a percentage, and when markets fall the yield will rise. Of course, the capital value of my portfolio will rise and fall with the general markets. Hedging against Inflation. Because inflation erodes the value of hard-earned money and reduces the individual purchasing power, investment diversification in tangible assets may potentially represent a more desirable way to maintain your current living standard. There are many investment strategies that make money, like value investing, growth investing or technical analysis.

It revealed that 75% of under 45s with a pension are not aware of the total value of their pension pot or the level of income they will receive from it when they stop working. The stand out performance so far continues to be Aberforth Smaller Companies with a total return of 65% although many others have returned well over 20% on a total return basis. This is only partially correct because even a stock portfolio which is packed with tomorrow’s winners can turn out to be a disaster, if managed incorrectly. I read a piece in the Telegraph last week which ended with the words “Short-term volatility is the price that stock market investors pay for long-term out performance”. Emails, advertisements, friends and even family members often trumpet penny stock investing for new investors. In the mid ‘noughties’, I had been investing in shares and investment trusts for many years – initially in a PEP and later in an ISA.