Investing
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25 January 2012 at 12 : 45 PM
The Varying Degrees of Investment Risk, Where Do You Fit In?
I’ve met investors that have been way too conservative. And I’ve met investors that are way too aggressive. And as we all know, every investor has a different comfort level with the amount of risk they take. There are investors that can’t sleep at night if they lose a few percent in the stock market, [...]
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11 January 2012 at 13 : 35 PM
Easy Ways to Invest Money
There are lots of ways to invest your money. Personally, when I think of investing I think first of stocks, then real estate. But for others, the term “investing” can mean lots of different things. Here are some easy and not so easy ways to invest money into investments you might not have thought of [...]
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21 December 2011 at 10 : 27 AM
The Four Investment Assets You Don’t Have to Report to the US Government
If you’ve found yourself here trying to find the 4 investment assets that you don’t have to report to the US government, then you’ve probably recently watched an infomercial or seen a website video by Porter Stansbury. Let me start by telling you that his video and his newsletter is a scam, and here’s why. [...]
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13 December 2011 at 10 : 34 AM
So Long BRIC, Hello MINT – Investing in Emerging Markets
If you’re an investor in emerging markets, then you’re aware of the BRIC countries. If you haven’t heard of the BRIC countries, they have been the top investment ideas for investors looking to score large returns by investing in emerging countries, and investing in these countries has yielded hundreds and thousands of percentage points in [...]
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7 December 2011 at 09 : 15 AM
Use Basic Financial Concepts to Build Wealth
People often say that it takes money to make money, and this is true to some extent. The truth about building wealth lies in the snowballing effect produced by a few basic financial concepts. To truly build wealth, you must take advantage of these basic financial concepts regardless of your financial worth. Most of you are [...]
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18 November 2011 at 09 : 56 AM
How to Balance Investing Fear and Greed
As an experienced investor, I can admit that I have been affected by fear and greed, two of the biggest psychological effects of investing. And both effects kick in the most during volatile markets. It is horrifying to think that one’s convictions can change so quickly, but this is a psychological effect that is very hard to [...]
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16 November 2011 at 16 : 57 PM
Investing Tips – Dos and Donts
To take the right investing path, you need to make the right decisions, but more importantly you must not make the wrong decisions. Here is our rather comprehensive list of investing tips, broken into do’s and dont’s. Each tip has its own article for more in depth information. These rules were the basis of our original Investing [...]
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8 November 2011 at 11 : 31 AM
Find More Ways to Save Money
Once you’ve made investing part of your lifestyle, the best way to build wealth is to find more money to invest on a regular basis. And since its hard to change your income (at least in the short term), the best way to achieve this is to reduce your spending, or save more money. Most [...]
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24 October 2011 at 08 : 31 AM
Manage and Lower Your Investment Expenses and Fees
Another important investing rule required to stay on the right investment path is to keep your investment fees and expenses low. The effect that fees have over the long term can take away multiples of your return if you do not manage them well. For example, if you invested $100,000 today, earned 10% each year, [...]
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10 October 2011 at 08 : 52 AM
Stick With Your Investing Plan
The only sure thing about investing is that you will experience pain at some point. Staying on the right path with your investments means sticking with your plan. If your investing strategy doesn’t appear to be working, don’t panic. Be methodical and re-evaluate your goals, strategy and plan. Make sure you compare how your investments [...]
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