PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
The Portfolio Management Division focuses on educating its members and readers about the world of trading and investments through a diverse stock portfolio. There are two goals that the members of this division will try to achieve. The first one will be to publish a short daily summary regarding both the general stock market, and the movements which occurred during trading hours that directly affected our portfolio value. Secondly, we will also focus on maximising portfolio growth, in order to then donate all profits to a charity designated by the Investment Club as a whole, fostering a collective commitment to social impact. To maximize our portfolio’s growth, we will combine both comparative and fundamental analysis. These analytical and logical tools will allow members of the division to envision both broader stock market trends and the financial health of the companies held within our portfolio.
Educational Articles:
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Building a Balanced Portfolio: The Art of Diversification
Creating a balanced portfolio is analogous to constructing a robust house: each component plays a crucial role in ensuring its stability and resilience. In the world of finance, portfolio diversification stands as the cornerstone of prudent investment strategy; at its essence, diversification involves spreading investments across various asset classes to mitigate risk and maximize returns. […]
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Career opportunities in the field of finance and how they function.
After doing a master’s degree in Finance, there are many career opportunities one can access. However, the choice for the most competitive candidates, who attend the best schools, usually boil down to either Investment Banking or Private Equity. Today we will take a look at these options in order to understand what a career in […]
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SUSTAINABLE INVESTING
Introduction Today we will analyze one of the most contemporary and dynamic subjects – sustainable investments. Green investing or Sustainable investing (sometimes known as ethical investing, socially responsible investing or impact investing), is multidimensional but still focuses on financial performance. Incorporating the environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards into the investment process implies the implementation […]
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Global Outlook 2024
Throughout 2023, the global economy has demonstrated greater resilience than expected, despite significant monetary tightening and persistent global political uncertainty. While economic growth has generally exceeded expectations, this apparent robustness hides short-term risks and structural vulnerabilities. Against a backdrop of high debt levels, rising financing costs, low levels of investment, weak global trade and growing […]
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What is an ETF?
An ETF (exchange-traded fund) is a passive investment fund that trades on stock exchanges that replicates a stock index, a bond index, a sector, commodities or other assets such as cryptos. ETFs are one of the best instruments to diversify and reduce the investment risk. As said before, ETFs are exchanged in the stock market […]
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Spotting Bad Financial Advice Online: Tips to Stay Safe
Nowadays, there is a growing tendency of younger people seeking financial advice on social media. Platforms such as TikTok have evolved into financial information hubs, with a significant number of users participating in debates using the hashtag #FinTok. However, while social media can provide useful insights, it also presents concerns due to the frequency of […]
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What is risk: How is financial risk evaluated
Risk is one of the main features that characterizes the entire financial world, and it heavily influences the type of security that investors will invest into as well as the particular kind of strategy they will follow while doing it. With respect to this last concept, it is important to know that risk is strongly […]
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What makes a company increase in price after they beat earnings?
Stocks’ prices are affected by many factors that cannot be controlled all at once, mainly we can think about the most influential ones as a group of how investors feel about that certain stock. Earnings reports must be published by publicly traded companies in the U.S on a quarterly and on an annual basis. These […]
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Introduction to the stock market
WHAT IS A STOCK? A stock (or share) is a share in the ownership of a company, which means that every shareholder has ownership of the company in proportion to his share. If the company is a listed company, its shares are sold in the stock market. The stock market is the place where shares […]
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Types of valuation methods
As our second educational article, the portfolio management division decided to introduce the topic of value analysis. There are many ways to analyze the value of a company; some serve the purpose of obtaining a figure representing the total value of a firm, whilst others are purely for the use of traders and retail investors, […]