Beginner's Investing December 2011 Archive

Just as everyone likes to fancy themselves middle class (the facts: unless you make between $2,894.83 and $4,335.75 per month, the middle quintile for the American population, you are not ... Read More

We need to have a talk.  Some of you?  Yeah.  I hate to break it to you but some of you will never have the emotional temperament to invest in ... Read More

One of the most frequent themes in messages I receive from new investors, both regular readers and those who just discovered the site, is "How can I save money?".  It ... Read More

I've been getting a lot of questions lately about whether or not you should pay off your mortgage early.  The bottom line: It depends.  From a purely financial perspective, having ... Read More

A few days ago, I ran across a real estate listing for a home in my city.  I recognized the property and knew that the owners had been asking for ... Read More

Do you want to be a great investor?  Do you want to collect dividends, interest income, and rents on your money and build a net worth so you can focus ... Read More

Legendary value investor Benjamin Graham was insistent that investors should not ask, "Is this a good stock?" or "Is this a good bond?".  Instead, they should focus on two questions ... Read More

If you don't know how to value a company, you have no business owning shares of stock.  Why?  Because that is what a stock is - partial ownership of a ... Read More

If you want to be more conservative, you could look at the national net worth instead of national assets.  By that metric, the collective net worth of the United States ... Read More

If any of you saw your local newspaper or favorite national news outlet this morning, you might have come across an article by Hope Yen of the Associated Press called ... Read More