Dow Drops 504 – Now What?
The Dow dropped by nearly 504 points (503.99) yesterday. Now what? Don’t panic. As the bells start ringing to open the markets again today, they will likely slip even further. Don’t panic. There’s...
View Article401(k) Loans as Recession Insurance?
With a recession (depending on whom you ask) upon us, would it have been wise for us to have taken a loan from our 401(k)s before it started? Bear with me here for a second. A loan from your 401(k)...
View ArticleWhy are We so Clueless about the Stock Market
Why are we so clueless about the stock market By: Mariusz Skonieczny Mariusz could have just as aptly named this book something like “The Beginners guide to the stock market” because that is what the...
View ArticleHas Stock Trading Ruined the World?
The very basic essence of stocks is that you buy a “share” of a company in order to own a portion of the company and “share” in it’s successes. If the company decides to not reinvest it’s profit into...
View ArticleAre We Too Confident in the Stock Market?
Experts are fond of telling us all about the historic returns of the stock market. But, does our belief in that make us overconfident in the stock market? You’ll have a hard time finding someone who...
View ArticleSeasonal Investing is Designed to be a Rollercoaster Ride
For students of investing, one of the first principles taught is that commerce occurs in cycles, much like the ebbs and flows of waves in nature. The demarcations of these business cycles are typically...
View ArticleCalculating a Real Rate of Return on My Lending Club Portfolio
For the past month or so, I’ve been performing a bit of an experiment. I’ve been taking 10% of all income from this and my other sites and splitting it between an investment account and my Lending...
View ArticleSell! Sell! Sell!
Goodness! Did you see what the markets did yesterday? Down almost 400 points! If you haven’t already, you had better join the rest of the world in getting out while you still can. The era of easy...
View ArticleInvesting Made Simple
Investing Made Simple: Index Fund Investing and ETF Investing Explained in 100 Pages or Less By: Mike Piper (ObliviousInvestor.com) I had the opportunity to meet Mike at the first FINCON in Chicago...
View ArticleWho Wants to Talk Stocks?
Stocks, and the stock market in general are not a normal part of the content here. That’s almost entirely because I don’t have a lot of money invested in the stock market, and, as a result, I don’t do...
View ArticleSo You Wanna Start Buying Stocks?
Investing is absolutely crucial in today’s society. With skyrocketing housing prices and an ever increasing cost of living, you simply can’t save your way to retirement. The problem with investing to...
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