Category Archives for Investment Advice

Three Upside-Down Investment Insights

Investment Advice

A trio of weird, but wonderful “upside-down” investment ideas in this post. Often, all you need to be an excellent investor is a healthy dose of common sense: A penny saved is a penny earned. Buy low,

10 Things To Do Right Now While Markets Are Tanking

Financial Education & News Investment Advice

Not long ago, some investors had yet to experience what it was like to weather turbulent markets. Even those who had, might have forgotten how scary it can be. This concerned us. So, to help people practice

Cost of Investment Decisions And Why They Matter

Investment Advice

Much of what impacts your investment decisions is beyond your control. That said, you do have a big say on how much you spend on investing. By tending to the costs of your investment decisions, you can

The 2010s: A Decade In Review

Investment Advice

Despite positive annual market returns during most of the decade, investors had to process ever-present uncertainty arising from a host of events. These included an unprecedented US credit rating downgrade,

Lessons for Long-Term Investors – Tale of Two Decades

Investment Advice

The first two decades of the 21st century have reinforced important lessons for long-term investors. Holding a broadly diversified portfolio can help smooth out the swings. Having a sound strategy built

A Financial Index Overview: Part I – Indexes Defined

Investment Advice

When a popular financial index like the Dow is on a tear, up or down, what does it really mean to you and your investments?

A simple equation that effects your investments.

Investment Advice

When fundamental facts grow harder to discern, investments grow more volatile, and that’s what’s been happening lately, especially with the widespread misperception of the yield curve inversion.

How to React to Recent Market Volatility

Investment Advice

Market volatility can be nerve-racking for investors. Reacting emotionally and changing long-term investment strategies in response to short-term declines could prove more harmful than helpful.

Market Strategists Prognosticate the Markets Direction

Investment Advice

Wall Street strategists and the media are complicit in fueling the myth that the financial markets are predictable – despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

3 Key Steps to Protect Your Assets (While You’re Alive)

Investment Advice

Taking action to protect your assets and what’s yours while you’re still alive and in sane mind makes such good sense. There are many ways in which you might be unavailable to make critical