Is my portfolio working or not? Discover 20 May 2016 , No hay comentarios Investors organise efficiently their investments in portfolios. That’s the rule, but the question is: how to follow up my portfolio? Can I preview somehow troubles in my investments? Which ratios should I take into account to set and allocate my assets? There are some indicators that give us some clues whether we are right or wrong and the changes we have to decide: Returns: of course, this is the first one. As investor, you do not have to be anxious about the short term, because volatility is our current rule. You should use a tool that provides you different terms in order to compare the evolution. However, you have to think about changes if the returns are negative in the middle term. Comparison with other references: it is a good idea to compare the evolution of your portfolio with the benchmarks (an index or a smart benchmark). This comparison will help you evaluate a proportion of the profits or losses that you get and diminish or underline the importance of the result. For instance, if your portfolio losses 3% and your benchmark losses 5%, it is not so bad. You are better than the index, although you should consider change your strategy, it the negative trend intensifies. Diversification: get charts about the proportion of the assets in your portfolio related to regions, currencies and asset category. A diversified allocation will help you avoid several risks. Risk: this is actually the second most important indicator after returns. Analyse the volatility, the value at risk (VaR) and the risk contribution of your positions. A segmented analysis will focus better your next decisions. Should I keep, sell or buy? Another quite important figure is the Sharpe ratio to understand how interesting is assuming risks in order to obtain certain returns. Trend: you should as investor use tools to get the portfolio trend, if bullish or bearish. Portfolio and investor profile consistency: is your portfolio consistent with your investment profile, your risk tolerance and your expected returns? That is another question that you have to ask yourself. You need tools to make a full analysis and obtain a whole view over your portfolio and take the best decisions to improve your results. It is important that you get unbiased indicators, watch risk and returns, understand everything and take rational decisions, never guided by a short term situation. At the end, it is not only about profits, but above all capital preservation. The T-Advisor platform offers these figures so that everyone can set and allocate assets their own portfolios in the most efficient way.