4 Reasons Why Preferred Stocks Are Smart Investments

4 Reasons Why Preferred Stocks Are Smart Investments

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018

If you are an income investor, it could make sense for you to look into owning preferred shares. This is because for income and dividend investors, owning preferred shares has many benefits, most of w..

Goldilocks Investing Is On the Wane

Goldilocks Investing Is On the Wane

August 11, 2017August 11, 2017

By, Barbara A. Friedberg What to do About the Impending Stock Market Decline We all know the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. Once upon a time, a little girl with blonde hair named Goldilocks ..

Are Index Funds Wrecking Capitalism? Paul Singer Thinks So

Are Index Funds Wrecking Capitalism? Paul Singer Thinks So

August 5, 2017August 5, 2017

Passive investing is all the rage, with more than $500 billion torrenting into companies like Vanguard and Blackrock. Passive investing is typically accomplished with ETFs and/or index funds, which ar..

Revisiting The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville

Revisiting The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville

March 23, 2017March 23, 2017

By Ned Hawley A generation ago Warren Buffett delivered a speech at Columbia Business School titled The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville.  The title is a nod to the intellectual debt owed to t..

Is Stock Investing for You?

Is Stock Investing for You?

February 28, 2017February 28, 2017

If you want to succeed in the stock investing game, you have to know yourself. This means knowing how you think, your behavior patterns, and your emotional makeup. I’m not saying it’s easy, object..

Finding Valuable Stocks in Complex Financial Data – P/E and P/B Ratios

Finding Valuable Stocks in Complex Financial Data – P/E and P/B Ratios

February 9, 2017February 9, 2017

Stock market analysis websites are packed with data. New investors get overwhelmed with the onslaught of information available instantly through the internet, but comparatively few investors actually ..

Top 3 Trading Books Every Trader Should Read

Top 3 Trading Books Every Trader Should Read

February 8, 2017February 8, 2017

I put together a brief review of some of my favorite trading books that have helped me out over the years, especially when I was first starting out as a newbie trader. They helped me through hard time..

Long Term Investing: Understanding Bull and Bear Markets

Long Term Investing: Understanding Bull and Bear Markets

February 7, 2017February 7, 2017

When most of us start investing for the first time, we don’t know what to expect. When we allocate money for investments that are meant to grow over decades, it can be like sailing out into the midd..

How a Catalyst Turns into Dollar Signs

How a Catalyst Turns into Dollar Signs

February 6, 2017February 6, 2017

Those of us that have been around the block in the investing world know that there are several important signals for investors to watch. One of the most important of these is known as the catalyst. At..

Using The Graham Formula to Find Underpriced Stocks

Using The Graham Formula to Find Underpriced Stocks

January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

Knowing how to properly value a stock is probably the most important skill for a value investor to develop. The goal is to buy companies for less than their intrinsic value over a long period of time...

3 Ways to Invest without the Stock Market

3 Ways to Invest without the Stock Market

December 15, 2016December 15, 2016

Investing is one of the best things that you can do for your future and the future of your loved ones. Investing allows your money that you’ve worked so hard for, to work for you. If you’v..

Low Risk Diversity: Building a Broad Stock Portfolio

Low Risk Diversity: Building a Broad Stock Portfolio

November 9, 2016November 9, 2016

A diverse stock portfolio is an important part of smart investing, but many people struggle to adequately diversify their holdings because of the work involved. If you want to invest in stocks across ..

The Link Between Stock Market Indexes and Life Insurance Policies

The Link Between Stock Market Indexes and Life Insurance Policies

October 24, 2016October 24, 2016

What is an Index? An index or indicator is like a marker of a certain subset of the stock market which makes it easier to watch how one set of stocks performs relative to others. Motley Fool stock pic..

Three Mistakes Most Beginners Make on the Stock Market

Three Mistakes Most Beginners Make on the Stock Market

October 20, 2016October 20, 2016

Recent surveys show that less than half of eligible people in America actually own stocks. Obviously, there are a variety of reasons for this statistic. Some people simply don’t have any money i..

Everything You Need to Know Before Investing in the Stock Market

Everything You Need to Know Before Investing in the Stock Market

September 21, 2016September 21, 2016

Investing in the stock market for the first time can be a scary thing. It may feel a lot like gambling at first, mostly because, in some ways, it is. That is not to say that thousands of people do no..

Making Money in a Bear Market

Making Money in a Bear Market

September 12, 2016September 12, 2016

Anyone who follows the stock market can tell you that Friday was a tough day for investors. The Dow closed down more than 400 points and none of the other indexes fared much better. It was only a few ..

What are the Best Strategies for a New Investor?

What are the Best Strategies for a New Investor?

September 8, 2016September 8, 2016

It’s no secret that there is more volatility in the market now than there once was in the past, and much of this is due to the emergence of online brokers. The market can change dramatically from ye..

3 Ways to Pay Less in Investing Brokerage Fees

3 Ways to Pay Less in Investing Brokerage Fees

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016

Making investments through a broker can be expensive. This is true whether your broker sits across from you at a desk, or if you trade stocks through online brokerage firms. In some cases, their servi..

What Are Penny Stocks and Are They Worth Your Time?

What Are Penny Stocks and Are They Worth Your Time?

July 28, 2016July 28, 2016

Penny Stocks – everybody’s heard of them, few have ever bought or sold them, and most people don’t quite know what they are. For the greenest of green investors, Penny Stocks may sound like ..

Betterment IRA: Everything You Need to Know

Betterment IRA: Everything You Need to Know

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016

Regardless of your age, it’s important to plan for your retirement, and the sooner you get started the less of a chance you will have of outliving your income. But in this day and age, it can seem l..

Betterment Investing: How it Works in 2023

Betterment Investing: How it Works in 2023

June 9, 2016June 9, 2016

We all know that online investing isn’t a new thing, and many well-known trading companies use very clever (and sometimes humorous) marketing techniques to make people believe that they have a simpl..

Is Betterment Good for the Hands-On Investor?

Is Betterment Good for the Hands-On Investor?

April 14, 2016April 14, 2016

Based in San Francisco, Betterment has everything built for the first-time investor. More than that, it caters to people who don’t have a lot to put into the market – at least, not in the beginnin..

Investing in an Aging Population

Investing in an Aging Population

April 1, 2016April 1, 2016

A report commissioned by the National Institute on Aging suggests that there are approximately 617 million people aged 65 and older in the world today. These individuals make up 8.5% of the world̵..

Short and Long End of the Capital Gains Stick

Short and Long End of the Capital Gains Stick

March 29, 2016March 29, 2016

Are your investments making money? Have you been investing efficiently? Are you accumulating critical retirement assets? Are you achieving your ultimate financial goals? If you have answered yes to ..