Money makes life easy, but few coins and notes will not do that. Saving as much as possible is important to have future secured. However, who doesn’t want to double or triple the money? Well substantial increase is possible when one invests the money. A return upon the investment is the profit of the investor. It does not require hours of service and hard work, just smart investment planning.
What does an individual invest in?
People tend to invest in stocks and shares of companies, organizations and mutual funds. A collection of these stocks, shares, funds, bonds is as a portfolio. Anyone new to this phenomenon and having less knowledge about investment often fears the loss. The decision-making is daunting especially in the matters like choosing which and how many assets to pick up.
The need of portfolio management:
Management is a smart planning of where to invest, how to minimize risk without jeopardizing the probable profit. With mismanagement, one might suffer huge loss instead of expected gain. For success and effective balance of investment and return, a portfolio manager is the one to reach for. Experts like Chuck Whitman have knowledge, experience and techniques to provide plans according to the client’s comfort and capability.
How does the manager help in investment?
When the client approaches the manager, he initiates with receiving all details of the clients. Often the expert provides the investor with a questioner to fill in the details. It includes inputs on matters like investment horizon, tax status, family details and risk tolerance. Advising and guiding an investor depends on many factors, whether the person is into business or working for company. If the client has huge inherited amount, good income and less people dependent then the investment plan is different. The expert is able to decide how much to invest in risky assets and how much in risk free assts. The better the plan, lesser the risks and better the profits. The manager must have adequate knowledge of the investment products, the status of market and the skills to handle clients.
Look for a good and experienced manager:
When investing money is a big deal, so should be choosing a good manager. Consider and weigh certain factors before consulting the guide:
- Honesty is the best policy. The client should only shake hands with a manager if he/ she have trust that the expert would be faithful. It is important for such guides to give honest opinions and ideas of investment rather than misuse the client’s dependence.
- Clarity and complete awareness of the market, current position of companies, decision making and planning accuracies matter. Only if the manager has all this along with experience and other client’s success profile, stands a chance to win more investors.
Transparency is important between client and manager for healthy work relationship. Chuck Whitman, the CEO and senior portfolio manager at Whitman Asset Management has shown in his thirty years of experience what true skills and expertise he possesses. Any individual would be lucky to receive his service as an asset manager.