WFS

Williams Financial Services, LLC

Registered Investment Advisor

Risk Management

The two essential ingredients to risk management of stock portfolios are time and diversification.   It has been proven, that over a long period of time, the market risks associated with stock investments are significantly reduced.  Because of this, all of our clients must be investing for the long term, or be high net worth individuals or businesses that are willing to accept the market risk associated with short term stock investments. 

Diversification of assets is also an essential part of our risk management program.  Generally, our portfolios are comprised of at least 50 individual securities. Our primary investment vehicles are common stocks, real estate investment trusts, oil and gas limited partnerships and money market funds.  Our secondary investment vehicles are mutual funds, preferred stocks, and bonds.  We then make sure that we are diversified across a broad range of industries.  We consider our client's total investment and identify minimum and maximum target percentages to invest in different industries.  Our portfolios are also designed to include asset classes and sectors which do not typically perform in unison with most U.S. equities.  Foreign equities and securities in the natural resource sector, such as gold, oil, and gas companies are used to reduce volatility in the portfolio.


For more information about our services, please contact us at dan@williamsfinancialservicesllc.com.