Articles 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.
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.
Dividends 101 - The Beginner's Step-By-Step Overview of How Dividends Work
This dividends 101 step-by-step guide is your complete introduction to dividends, dividend investing, and much more. You'll discover why dividends are important to your portfolio, the process of how a company pays dividends out to its shareholders, learn about rare types of dividends such as property dividends and liquidating dividends, and much moree.
Capital Gains Tax Guide for Investors
Capital gains taxes on investments such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, and other assets varies based upon the capital gains tax rate bracket you are in and the length of time you have held an investment. This guide to capital gains taxes and the capital gains tax rates will help you do a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation of what you may owe the IRS when it comes time to pay the tax on your investment profits.
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.
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.
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.
10 Secrets of the Capitalist Class
The capitalist class represents the top 1 percent of wealth in the United States. By earning a living from their assets, the capitalist class is often able to enjoy life more and spend time with family, travel, and do the things about which most people dream. This ten part step-by-step guide will reveal why the capitalist class is different and how they got there.
What Is a Brokerage Trade Confirmation?
A trade confirmation, also known as a brokerage trade confirmation, is a document supplied by your broker or brokerage firm that shows which securities you bought or sold, the total cost, commissions, exchange processing fees, and other information. It allows you to track the settlement date and more.
How to Read a Series I Savings Bond Paper Certificate
Here is a quick explanation from the United States Treasury on how to read a Series I savings bond paper certificate. Everything you need to know about the bond, or find out about its value, is found on the face of the bond itself.
Income Investing for Beginners - a 10 Part Guide to Successful Income Investing
In this special feature on income investing, you�re going to develop a better understanding of income investing, which types of assets might be considered appropriate for someone who wanted to follow an income investing philosophy, and the most common dangers that can derail an otherwise successful income investing portfolio. At the very least, you will be armed with some things to consider before contacting a broker or money manager.
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.
10 Steps to Paying Off Credit Card Debt
One of the biggest challenges for new investors to overcome when they first decide to start building wealth and putting money away for their future is a looming mountain of credit card debt built up over several years. The good news is that you can beat your credit card debt and you can beat it in a few years or less, giving you a new start in your financial life. These 10 keys to overcoming your credit card debt are designed to give you the knowledge you need to begin the journey.
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.
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.
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.
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.