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There are currently no fewer than 115 stocks in the FTSE 350 having dividend yields higher than 10-year gilt yields. Investors are cautioned against paying too much attention to yields. In income investing, risks linked to high-yielding stocks can be lessened by holding a basket of them, however such a portfolio can be risky as past, average, covariances do not give a good guide to future ones. Estimated covariances, using share price betas, may provide a better guide to risk.
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Investors can choose from several hundred indicators and analytic tools which seek to make forecasts for stock prices using past information. Investors should select indicators in line with their investment philosophies. Volatility indicators are a useful measure of risk. Buy signals include the 'golden cross' Ratios between highs and lows can be calculated. The Coppock indicator uses the notion of shocks taking time to be absorbed by markets.
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Tipping stocks in a bear market is much harder than tipping in a bull market. The performance of the tips given in 'Investors Chronicle' from July 2000-June 2001 is examined as of Dec 2001. The tips produced an overall gain of 2.7%, outperforming the FTSE 100 index by 18.8%.
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