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1.
The best way to put an investment's performance into context is to compare its returns to those of other investments in your portfolio.
False. The best way to do it is to compare its returns to an appropriate benchmark.
2.
If a mutual fund no longer meets one of your investment criteria, should you sell it?
Maybe, maybe not. It becomes a more important issue once it no longer meets most of your criteria.
3.
What should you expect from your mutual funds as you're monitoring them?
That they're still meeting your investment criteria. You want your funds to meet the same investment criteria today as they did when you first bought them. If they no longer meet your criteria, do they still belong in your portfolio?
4.
When monitoring your investment portfolio, you would be wise to _______.
Develop a set of monitoring procedures. Approach your portfolio scientifically with a set of procedures, goals, and criteria.
5.
Portfolios _______.
Both of the above. Portfolios can change without us doing anything to them. Market forces will make some investments perform better than others, which means they'll take up more of our assets. Or fund managers buy and sell securities, thereby changing the underlying portfolios of our mutual funds and, therefore, changing the look of our overall portfolios.
