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Traders & Investors Club Meeting - 19th June 2007
Investment Strategies - Which Is The Right One For You?
All investors, whether they know it or not, fall into one or more categories of investment strategist. It is important to be clear, when establishing objectives and attitude to risk, what sort of strategy you intend to pursue.
Dr Stephen Barber of Selftrade will present an overview of the options available to you. He will discuss the relative merits of:
Value Investing
Value investors seek out hidden 'value' that the market has missed. They invest in what they consider to be undervalued stock and wait for other investors to reach the same conclusion.
Growth Investing
Value is not the most important factor for growth investors. It is a bonus if value is achieved, but growth investors select quality stocks that they believe will achieve superior returns over the longer term.
Contrarian Investing
Some of the greatest investors of all time (Buffett, Templeton) can be considered contrarian. The contrarian approach is to examine stocks and companies, forming a view on their potential, irrespective of what the rest of the market is doing.
Investing In Commodities
We are all aware of the current boom in Commodity prices, which looks likely to continue for many years to come. But how can we be part of the action without the risk of 5,000 bushels of wheat turning up on our doorstep one morning?
Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs) track commodity prices - not commodity companies - and enable investors to gain exposure to commodities without trading futures or taking physical delivery. ETCs are traded and settled on regulated stock exchanges, the same as any equity, and can be purchased and held in ordinary brokerage accounts.
ETF Securities, the pioneers of this type of trading vehicle, will describe how you can gain exposure to these exciting markets and with lower risk than with traditional vehicles.
Market Roundup And Open Forum
Kevin Barry of the Traders & Investors Club will present a brief summary of the recent market action and throw the floor open to the audience for their take on the current trading environment.
Tonight's Speakers
Dr Stephen Barber is Head of Research at Selftrade where he has worked since 2000. Previously at Brown Shipley and NatWest Stockbrokers, he is also a Senior Fellow of the Global Policy Institute at London Metropolitan University.
Kevin Barry is a full-time trader. His preferred investment vehicles include options, spread betting and foreign exchange. Kevin is one of the founders of the Traders & Investors Club and can be contacted at: