Investing Fads — are current popular trends that relate to investments. Investing fads are normally characterized by a temporary excessive enthusiam for a certain investing style, which is usually unsustainable in the long term. The dot com bubble was an example… … Investment dictionary
Investing Style — In the context of stock mutual fund investing, refers to using one of three possible approaches — investing in value stocks, growth stocks, or a blend of value and growth stocks to create a fund portfolio. Value stocks are perceived to be less… … Investment dictionary
Style Analysis — The process of determining what type of investment behavior an investor or money manager employs when making investment decisions. Virtually all investors subscribe to a form of investment philosophy, and a prudent analysis of a money manager s… … Investment dictionary
Style Box — Created by Morningstar, a style box is designed to visually represent the investment characteristics of fixed income (bond), domestic equity (stock) and international equity (stock) securities and their respective mutual funds. A style box is a… … Investment dictionary
Style Drift — The divergence of a mutual fund from its stated investment style or objective. Style drift occurs as a result of intentional portfolio investing decisions by management, a change of the fund s management or, in the case of stocks, a company s… … Investment dictionary
style — /staɪl/ noun a way of doing or making something ● a new style of product ● old style management techniques ● Managers are expected to stick to a specific style of investing … Dictionary of banking and finance
Style — The investment approach or objective that a fund manager uses to make choices in the selection of securities for the fund s portfolio. While there are a variety of styles, there are nine basic investing styles for both equity and fixed income… … Investment dictionary
Contrarian investing — In finance, a contrarian is one who attempts to profit by investing in a manner that differs from the conventional wisdom, when the consensus opinion appears to be wrong. A contrarian believes that certain crowd behavior among investors can lead… … Wikipedia
Momentum investing — Momentum investing, also sometimes known as Fair Weather Investing , is a system of buying stocks or other securities that have had high returns over the past three to twelve months, and selling those that have had poor returns over the same… … Wikipedia
Growth investing — is a style of investment strategy. Those who follow this style, known as growth investors , invest in companies that exhibit signs of above average growth, even if the share price appears expensive in terms of metrics such as price to earning or… … Wikipedia
