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Stocks vs Index Funds – The Urge to Risk It All
We understand where you are coming from. You see the returns on individual stocks(in retrospect) and you want a piece of that action. The advice given by the grand majority of the advisors and bloggers is that you should sock all of your money away in an index fund.So how do you determine what is right for you?We all want the highest possible returns on our investments, … [Read more...]
Recession Preparation – How to Survive the Looming Bear Market
NASDAQ CHART:Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/comp/charts Dow Jones:Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/djia NASDAQ was trading in a range above 7000 in January 2018. Once August rolled around, it was trading over 8000. Then comes October, and it has since been in a declining trend since.We’ve witnessed the market’s relentless … [Read more...]
Stock Metrics In Focus: Beta Explained
Volatility is just one of many concerns an investor can have when evaluating potential securities. However, it is one that matters quite a lot, particularly during periods of market turmoil. In short, volatility is the amount of movement in the price of a particular security, typically against a benchmark. For instance, one could measure the volatility of an individual stock … [Read more...]
How to Teach Your Children to Invest in the Stock Market
Children are capable of more than we give them credit for. Adults often think of investing as a difficult topic, because it was difficult for them to learn at age 30 or 40, but children are so much more moldable and teachable.As parents, we’ve got to use that. Sometimes it means raising your expectations, and that’s not a bad thing. Children will rise to your level of … [Read more...]
How An Expense Ratio Is Robbing You Daily
Investing in mutual funds and exchange traded funds are great ways for smaller investors to begin investing in the stock market. They are also a great way for people without a lot of money to invest in the stock market. But they have an ugly secret, an expense ratio.While on the surface you might overlook the dark side of an expense ratio, after all, mutual funds and ETFs … [Read more...]
How Building Wealth with Dividend Investing Works
The goal of most investors is to some day build enough wealth in order to stop working and do what they enjoy. The problem is that doing so takes a large amount of wealth built over time, something that may seem far-fetched to a young investor.However, by investing in dividend stocks diligently over time and reinvesting the dividend payments, investors can indeed become … [Read more...]
2 Easy Ways to Use Arbitrage to Make Money in the Stock Market
Are you familiar with the term arbitrage? It is simply the process by which you make money by taking advantage of pricing differences. And there are many ways you can use arbitrage to your advantage, including the stock market.Today we are going to look at arbitrage in detail and show you 2 simple ways you can profit from price differences in the stock market. Defining … [Read more...]
Should Investors Buy Individual Stocks or Index Funds?
There are many different asset classes to choose from. Of all the investment options out there, investors can buy individual stocks, bonds, or mutual funds that include a combination of these asset classes. In addition, real estate and commodities are investable asset classes. Over the past several decades, stocks have offered investors the highest rate of return among the … [Read more...]
Complete Beginners Guide to Closed End Funds
There are many investment options for investors to choose from. While mutual funds are a huge business, many investors are unaware that there are two types of mutual funds, open end and closed end funds.In this post, I am going to focus on talking about closed end funds, which are much smaller than their open end counterparts.By the end of the post, you will know … [Read more...]
Why a Roth 401K Plan Makes Sense For You
Most everyone knows about a 401k plan. It is a typical benefit employers provide to help their employees save for retirement. While there are many benefits to investing in a 401k plan, there are some drawbacks. As such, a new version of the 401k plan has been growing in popularity. The Roth 401k plan.In this post, we’ll walk you through everything there is to know about a … [Read more...]
