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Funds 509: Refining Your Portfolio

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1.
To determine how profitable a company is, you can examine its cash flow.
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False. Cash flow does not tell you much about profitability. The metric you want is return on assets, which measures how well a company uses investors' money.
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If you want to work with a financial advisor, what's the first thing you should do?
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Decide what you're looking for--a comprehensive plan or help with a specific issue. The first step is deciding what you want. Are you looking for someone to handle part of your financial life or are you seeking a financial advisor who can take care of it all? Talk to advisors and gather references after you know what you need.
3.
What should we do when we go through a new life stage?
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Re-evaluate our financial plans. Our financial plans may or may not need to change. But one thing we must do is re-evaluate those plans--otherwise, we won't know whether they need to change at all.
4.
To determine how profitable a company is, examine its _______.
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Return on assets. Return on assets, or ROA, is a key measure of how well a company uses investors' money.
5.
Every life event triggers changes for an investor's portfolio.
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False. Any given life event may or may not trigger such a change, though most do.