As stock prices rise, portfolio managers with large holdings of cash and bonds get nervous, fearing theyll lose out on another market upswing.
What distinguishes John Hancock's proposed Retirement Income Portfolio and Retirement Rising Income Portfolio from the Vanguard funds is that the dividend is fixed in dollars and cents.
In the Rising Income portfolio, it climbs by the inflation rate each year.
They did this while persuading themselves that watching a rising stock portfolio or living in an appreciating house was a form of saving.
I know you don't like the stock market, but trust me: at some point in your life, a rising stock portfolio becomes better than sex.
But at a Porsche dealership in downtown Los Angeles, the sales manager, Victor Ghassemi, has seen sales rise by about 5 percent in recent weeks, a trend he attributes to rising stock portfolios.
If the economy falters or if interest rates rise, more portfolio companies will come under strain.The industry is poised for a significant contraction.
When rates rise, the portfolio will fall, and vice versa.
We are excited to be backing the new fund, and we are looking forward to new success stories rising from the portfolio", adds Tapio Passinen, Investment Director at Tesi, in a statement.
As the Web gravitates to mobile and patent litigation rises, patent portfolios will only increase in value, analysts say.
