4 Reasons Why Preferred Stocks Are Smart Investments
April 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
August 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
August 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
March 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..
Long Term Investing: Understanding Bull and Bear Markets
February 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
February 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..
3 Ways to Invest without the Stock Market
December 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..
The Link Between Stock Market Indexes and Life Insurance Policies
October 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..
Everything You Need to Know Before Investing in the Stock Market
September 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
September 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?
September 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
August 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?
July 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 ..
Investing in an Aging Population
April 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
March 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 ..
Here’s one Asset Allocation that Billionaires Recommend
November 6, 2015
“This stock is hotBuy this right now!It’s going to go higher. ” Sound familiar? If you watch TV or read the news about the stock market that’s pretty much what journalists, “specialists” ..
So You Think You Know the Stock Market
October 29, 2015
By Charisse Conanan Johnson, CFA. Charisse is a T.V. personality, financial wellness expert, entrepreneur, writer, and speaker. Charisse is the creator of the Charisse Says Show. You can follower her ..
Invest Wisely
October 29, 2015
Excerpted from The Business of Family: How to Stay Rich for Generations by Linda Davis Taylor Though this is easier said than done, the numbers don’t lie. Over 30 years from 1983 to 2013, the St..
Beginners Guide to Penny Stock
December 19, 2014
Many people are looking to figure out how to build a stock portfolio. Some of the best stocks are $100 or more per stock, which means that it can be very expensive to get started within the stock mark..