Bobby Chen This is Me

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1. 1. 401k.mpower.com

   www.401k.mpower.com/commentary - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/15/2001   Last Visited: 12/15/2001

   By Bobby Chen
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   - Bobby Chen, senior analyst for mPower Advisors, L.L.C
   
   The only industry that has supplanted tech as the biggest growth sector in recent times has been health care, which includes biotechnology stocks.
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   - Bobby Chen, senior analyst for mPower Advisors, L.L.C.
   
   Companies responded by building bigger networks, and the boom lifted all boats - companies booked record profits quarter after quarter.

2. 2. ira.mpower.com

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   Published on: 8/28/2001   Last Visited: 1/7/2002

   - Bobby Chen, analyst at mPower Advisors, L.L.C.
   
   And now, new data could make the airline industry quake in its boots.
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   mPower analyst Bobby Chen said that airline and semiconductor manufacturers are both "cyclical, capital-intensive industries in which overcapacity can become a problem... (and) demand shrank more than people expected" for both. Several chip manufacturers have announced in the past few months that they plan to close plants and lay off employees.
   
   Not all companies move with economic cycles. There are also countercyclical, or "defensive" industries that buck economic trends. Food manufacturing is one example.
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   "Absolutely" they do, said Chen. Indeed, that's what active management is about, he said. They should look at the cyclical and countercyclical stocks in their portfolio and make adjustments accordingly.
   
   You could even say that the managers of your retirement portfolio's mutual funds are watching your flight path.

3. 3. fnCentral Presents 401Kafe

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   Published on: 7/17/2000   Last Visited: 5/22/2005

   "Historically, investors have gotten between a 10 percent and 12 percent return on their large-cap funds," said Bobby Chen, an mPower financial analyst whose specialty is in the technology and equity markets. "But, the new average of the last five years has added 5 percent more to that return."
   
   And, Chen maintains, investors accustomed to returns of 15 percent to 17 percent may have had more than their performance expectations skewed. They may have also altered their investing style.
   
   Chen says investors might run into trouble when they forget their risk tolerance and original goals for investing.
   
   He explains: "For someone investing for retirement, typically, asset allocation over time would determine this investor's return. But, with a bull market, investors are chasing returns, and subsequently their investing style has gotten a lot riskier than they might have pursued in the past."
   
   Chen lists some criteria that investors planning for retirement should look at when determining asset allocation:
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   , Bobby Chen, analyst, mPower.
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   "Historically, investors have gotten between a 10 percent and 12 percent return on their large-cap funds," said Bobby Chen, an mPower financial analyst whose specialty is in the technology and equity markets. "But, the new average of the last five years has added 5 percent more to that return."
   
   And, Chen maintains, investors accustomed to returns of 15 percent to 17 percent may have had more than their performance expectations skewed. They may have also altered their investing style.
   
   Chen says investors might run into trouble when they forget their risk tolerance and original goals for investing.
   
   He explains: "For someone investing for retirement, typically, asset allocation over time would determine this investor's return. But, with a bull market, investors are chasing returns, and subsequently their investing style has gotten a lot riskier than they might have pursued in the past."
   
   Chen lists some criteria that investors planning for retirement should look at when determining asset allocation:
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   , Bobby Chen, analyst, mPower.