Instant X-Ray breaks portfolios into eight categories: asset allocation, diversification, stock type, stock sector, stock stats, world regions, fees and expenses, and top ten holdings.
This way there are always about a dozen stocks in the portfolio and none are so large that their success or failure work make or break the portfolio.
The idea they helped develop in the 1970s and 1980s deemed eccentric at the time was to break the portfolio into a mix of standard and "alternative" assets, as uncorrelated with each other as possible so as to spread risk.
The easy-to-use Index Tracker offers a simple way to gauge sector performance over time, and an allocator breaks a portfolio into ETF slices.
The quality of the photos can make or break a portfolio.
"These are strong figures for the industry, with BBC networks posting solid year-on-year performances after a quarter that saw records broken across the portfolio.
Not only would they have broken even sooner, but their portfolio today would be in much better shape than the portfolio with poor timing.
How does the portfolio break down now, in terms of asset allocation?
By ignoring these changes and keeping the heavily-weighted Hewlett-Packard position, the Dog portfolio broke its own rule of focusing only on the DJIA's blue-chip stocks for risk control.
