Know When to Sell a Stock
Monday April 30, 2007
You've done it! You've analyzed an investment, chosen well, and watched your shares climb sky-high in value over the past few years. In the back of your mind, ... Read More
10 Part Guide to Beating the Market
Saturday April 28, 2007
Over the years, I’ve written hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of words to you between this site and my book detailing everything from the basics of dividends and financial ... Read More
Real World Investing - Calculating a Stock's True P/E Ratio
Tuesday April 24, 2007
Several years ago, I wrote an article entitled Does a High P/E Ratio Mean a Stock is Overvalued?. Today, as I sat in my office and read stock reports, ... Read More
How Much Will You Have Saved for Retirement?
Sunday April 22, 2007
You know from our time value of money articles that it's easy to invest and end up with millions in retirement if you start early enough are are conservative in ... Read More
What Exactly is a Bloomberg Terminal?
Thursday April 19, 2007
Fortune magazine just published a wonderful profile of Michael Bloomberg, the controlling investor in the privately held partnership that is responsible for bringing the world the Bloomberg terminal. What ... Read More
A 10-Part Guide to Picking Winning Mutual Funds
Tuesday April 17, 2007
When three Boston money managers pooled their money in 1924, the first mutual fund was born. In the subsequent eight decades, that simple concept has grown into one of the ... Read More
5-Second Option Strategy for the Beginner: Buying Stock by Writing Put Options
Saturday April 14, 2007
In the world of the small speculator, options are used, customarily, in an attempt to capture large gains with little capital investment. One way to use derivatives in an investment ... Read More
Quick Tip for College Grads - How to Retire with Over $4.3 Million on Only $197 per Paycheck
Thursday April 12, 2007
Some of you out there are probably saying, "Yeah, right!" But it is not only possible, it's actually quite simple to retire with enormous sums of money at your ... Read More
Making Money in Bad Companies - Unusual Ways to Profit
Tuesday April 10, 2007
More than seventy years ago, Benjamin Graham detailed in his famed treatise Security Analysis that, at certain times and under specific circumstances, an investor could stand a better chance of ... Read More
Stick to the Basics - Simple Reminders for Profitable Investing
Saturday April 7, 2007
As in most disciplines, it is wise to go back and cover the basics from time to time, if only to strengthen the foundation. These helpful reminders are designed to ... Read More
The Five Components of an Investor's Required Rate of Return
Tuesday April 3, 2007
Did you know that in financial theory, the price of every investment is determined by five components? These are all an important part of how the markets price assets ... Read More
Tale as Old as Time ... The Great Real Estate Myth
Monday April 2, 2007
The financial markets and media outlets are once again telling of doom and gloom in the housing market as a result of subprime lending several years ago by many banks ... Read More