All about investing
Provides inexperienced investors with what they need to know to get started.
Investment portfolio management
Our selection of articles and guides can help you identify best practices, techniques and tools to apply to your investment portfolio
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eBooks
The Library provides full text access to a selection of key business and reference eBooks from leading publishers. eBooks are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users. If you are unable to access an eBook, please see our Help and support advice or contact library@icaew.com.
All about short selling
How to get started with short selling so that it can be safely worked into an overall investment programme.
Alternative alternatives
Provides a comprehensive but accessible introduction to the assets known as Alternative Alternatives (AA).
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Online articles
The Library provides access to leading business, finance and management journals. These journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers' terms of use.
The compelling story of investing overseas
The article focuses on the significance of offshore investments - "investors should have 30% to 50% of their total investment portfolio offshore."
The right amount of stocks to own at every age
The article offers guidelines for portfolio allocation. Topics discussed include tips on finding the right balance of stocks and bonds including investing just a little to get started, owning plenty of stocks during the mid-career and how increasing stock holdings can dramatically boost the chances that savings will last.
How to overhaul your portfolio in just 7 days
The article offers tips in overhauling an investment portfolio in just one week and become a better investor. Topics discussed include looking at how many stock and stock fund sales were made in the past year, asset allocation as the key driver of both portfolio's short-term price swings and its likely long-run return, and diversification of investments.
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Articles and books in the Library collection
- View a list of books in our collection on portfolio management
- View a list of articles in our collection on portfolio management
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