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Beginner's Investing November 2007 Archive

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5 Ways to Avoid Getting Creamed in a Falling Market

Friday November 30, 2007
Whether you own shares of common stock directly, through a brokerage, or invest in a 401k offered by your employer, the last week on Wall Street might seem nutty to ... Read More

Winning by Jack Welch

Tuesday November 27, 2007
Warren Buffett has said that he is a better investor because he is a business man and a better business man because he is an investor. If you are ... Read More

Tell Us About Your Brokerage Firm!

Monday November 26, 2007

Investing in Financial Institutions - Eye on the Banking Industry

Saturday November 24, 2007
There have been so many problems reported in the banking industry lately, it seemed like a good time to revisit an older article that I had updated for you called ... Read More

How the Securities Investor Protection Corporation - or SIPC - Can Help You When Your Brokerage Firm Goes Bankrupt

Thursday November 22, 2007
Recently, it seems like investors have gotten jittery wondering about the safety of their brokerage firms. They don't realize they might be protected by a special entity created through ... Read More

Why Wells Fargo Should Buy E-Trade Financial

Monday November 19, 2007
If you've been following the news, you know that E-Trade Financial has gotten into a bit of trouble by investing in what are known as CDO's - short for collateralized ... Read More

On Target - How the World's Hottest Retailer Hit a Bull's-Eye

Wednesday November 14, 2007
I'm currently reading On Target - How the World's Hottest Retailer Hit a Bull's-Eye by Laura Rowley. As an investor, getting the opportunity to dive into businesses and get ... Read More

Never - I Mean Never - Stop Contributing To Your 401k

Monday November 12, 2007
Some idiot (pardon my candor) at one of the other major financial sites just wrote an article explaining that low and middle income people should stop contributing to their 401k ... Read More

Things Are Getting Cheap!

Thursday November 8, 2007
Once again, it's late - around 3:21 a.m., and I'm here thinking about the investments of one of my ecommerce companies. This past week has been wonderful for us ... Read More

Understanding Working Capital Per Dollar of Sales

Monday November 5, 2007
The other day, I was reading a message board entry on a major retail company and one of the posters had written that they didn't understand how the firm was ... Read More

Five Secrets to Make Saving and Investing Easier

Saturday November 3, 2007
One of my best friends in the world is so thrifty that despite his wealth, he literally drives a 15 year old Ford escort. I'm not kidding. His ... Read More

The Key to Finding Stocks that Will Make You Rich? Focus on Return on Equity

Thursday November 1, 2007
Countless successful investors, businessmen, and financiers have emphatically stated, and proven through their own career, over long periods of time, the performance of a stock most closely correlates with the ... Read More

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