StepByStep Index

How to Amass the First $100,000
It has been said that making the first $100,000 is the hardest and most difficult part of building your wealth. The truth is, that a few secrets can help making the first one hundred thousand dollars far easier and less stressful. Let us show you some things that might help.

8 Secrets to Achieving Financial Independence
Most of what you learned growing up about financial independence, money, income, and wealth are not true. This is understandable - think about whom you first learned them from (odds are good, it was from those who were not rich themselves). In this step-by-step guide to achieving financial independence, you�ll discover some of the most remarkable secrets to freeing yourself from that special brand of anxiety that money troubles can elicit.

Eight Secrets to Improving Your Portfolio Returns
In the step-by-step guide Building a Complete Portfolio, we gave you practical insight into what your balance sheet might look like if you were focusing on creating a total solution to your current and future monetary needs. In this follow up, Eight Secrets to Improving Your Portfolio Returns, you’ll discover how a few small, intelligent moves can mean a world of difference in the amount of money you find in your pocket as you sail toward retirement.

How to Select a Mutual Fund - A 10-Part Guide to Picking Winning Mutual Funds
When three Boston money managers pooled their money in 1924, the first no load mutual fund was born. In the subsequent eight decades, that simple concept has grown into one of the biggest industries in the world, now controlling trillions of dollars in assets and allowing small investors a means to compound their wealth through systematic investments via a dollar-cost-averaging plan. In fact, the no load mutual fund industry has spawned its own stars such as Peter Lynch.

9 Lessons You Can Learn from Roberto Goizueta
There are plenty of investing and business lessons that we can all learn from Roberto Goizueta the former Chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola company. Throughout his career, Roberto Goizueta amassed a great fortune and made his shareholders extremely wealthy through simple, disciplined, and focused capital allocation processes that are comparable to the ones utilized by Berkshire Hathaway.

Intro to Stock Trading
This basic tutorial on stock trading provides twelve different types of stock trading orders investors can use to help manage their portfolio.

Yes, Virginia, You Too Can Be Rich - A Guide for New Female Investors
Women can get rich through disciplined investing and saving, providing for their own retirement without the help of a man. This step-by-step investing tutorial will show you how women can begin the journey on the road to financial independence by starting an investing program.

Ten Part Guide to Beat the Market
Truly successful investors have certain traits and characteristics that allow them a better chance of generating higher after-tax returns than the broader stock market indices such as the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average thus beating the market. How can an average investor beat the market without taking on additional risk? For tips and tricks about market beating returns, this step by step guide could help.

2007 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting
Notes from the Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska during May of 2007. Includes information and wisdom from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger.

8 Steps to Dealing with Forced Retirement
According to a new study by Sun Life Financial, more than 20% of American workers are subject to forced retirement by layoffs, cutbacks, and shutdowns. In an age where pensions have gone by the wayside and the future of social security is in doubt, the report finds they often find themselves with half of the expected savings and investments they anticipated for their golden years. Reuters news service points out that the results weren’t entirely surprising of forced retirement.

Berkshire Hathaway 2006 Shareholder Meeting
My coverage of Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway 2006 shareholder meeting from Omaha Nebraska. Discusses the cocktail reception at Borsheim's, the question and answer session and the Qwest Center, and more.

10 Steps to Building a Complete Financial Portfolio
In ten simple steps, you can begin building a complete financial portfolio. The complete financial portfolio includes yoru 401k, brokerage accounts, house, car, student loans, credit card debt, and more.