Just when you thought investing was easy to understand – you put your money into shares, property, fixed interest, cash, etc. – your adviser starts talking about “investment styles”!
In essence, what that means is how fund managers choose the underlying investments of their funds.
There are two traditional ways of choosing stocks that active fund managers use – growth and value.
And then there is GARP or “Growth at a Reasonable Price” and Style-Neutral.
Passive investing
In addition to active fund management, there is also passive fund management with two common strategies being index and buy and hold.
So when your adviser talks about asset allocation, he or she is also taking into account diversification across the investment management styles as well.
Smart investing is not as easy as it sounds. That’s why we are here to do all the hard work for you.
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