Market Watch with Tom Waitt

April_6th_2011.mp3 Risk Adjusted Investing    Investment styles and strategies make or break performance. What works and what does not may surprise many; the text books are wrong.   CBOE Volatility Index (Click For Larger Picture) The most popular investment strategy the foundation of most Mutual Funds "Buy and Hold" has not worked as the market ended with little change over the last decade. Indexing delivered flat results in major global markets. Text book advice is to "Diversify" when investing, splitting your investment dollars over a wide array of sectors. Perhaps it is time to think and question the way investments are made. It must hit home that we have a market of stocks not a stock market. Opportunities abound for many companies with incredible potential. Think and look what is going on around you. Why have an array of bonds and term deposits, when the rate they pay after tax doesn't even match the change in cost of living. Many rush into Oil or Gold after the price ha