Building a safe portfolio means investing in a number of different asset classes, such that when one asset class is down, the others provide some stability. We look at the four most common asset classes are public equities, private companies, bonds, and real estate, and three less popular ones.

Your relationship with your stockbroker can make investing a breeze or turn it into a nightmare. Look out for these tell tale signs that its not working out with your broker.

Healthcare is one of the largest industries in any country and here in Nigeria it remains one of those most in need of investment. We look at the healthcare landscape and spot the most lucrative spots for superior returns.

Whether you are reveling in affluence or wallowing in indigence does not matter to death. It can yank you off planet earth any moment. Death is not only meant to hound the bald-headed, the grizzled, the ailing or the aged. It also kills the most intelligent. It sends the moron to the great beyond. No one ever ascertains when it calls. Even though human existence is replete with ground-breaking researches, findings have yet to unravel the mystery of the suddenness of death.  

Assume it hacks you down. How prepared are you? How secured are your patrimony.  Isn't it important that you spell out how your assets will be distributed and how your dependants will be cared for after taking your bow?  Identify who will inherit your estate now by writing your will.

Banks are different entities to industrial or service companies and require a different approach to valuation. We look at some typical ways investors evaluate banks.

In boxing, an experienced boxer with his back on the ropes knows he must not do two things if he must survive the round: One, he must never let his guard down, and two, he must not stand still; he needs to present as little of himself as possible to his opponent, so he ducks and dodges.

As investors, we now have our backs to the wall now. And as the bear has pinned our portfolios to a corner (the last two weeks have witnessed a rally though) angling to deliver the knockout punch, we can't afford to let our guard down and we definitely can't afford to do nothing or stand still (you probably have been told that's the best thing to do). While we need to act, it is important that we do the right things.