Impact of Mutual Fund Fees on Future Value of Investments
Fees can really hurt a portfolio. In my own investing, I try to limit the fees I pay by doing a couple of things. 1. Limit the number of high MER mutual funds I hold 2. Choosing brokers that offer low fees for buying and selling securities 3. Not trading in and out of stocks [...]
One Investor Sells, Another Investor Buys
I was doing some reading over at pfblogs.org and one particular post reminded me of a fundamental notion that occurs in the market every single moment of every single trading day – that for every seller there is an equally as enthusiastic buyer and for every buyer there is an equally enthusiastic seller. Around September [...]
Free Value Line Reports
If you have been investing on your own for any length of time, then more than likely you have heard about The Value Line Investment Survey. In a nutshell, it is a kind-of catch all system for a tonne of fundamental data about a particular stock. On each page, there is 10 years worth of [...]
7 Stocks for the Really Long Term
Michael Sivy, one of my favorite columnists on the web has an interesting article where he chooses 7 stocks that he figures an investor will be able to hold for a very long time. He basis this on the premise that most stocks worth holding have particular traits that have made them successful investments in [...]
Writing Down Your Financial Goals
J.D. over at Get Rich Slowly wrote an interesting piece about setting up financial goals. In it he covers long, intermediate, and short term goals. He quotes: Many people make poor financial decisions because they don’t have long-term personal goals. If you don’t understand that buying a new cell phone or playing a game of [...]
25 Rules to Grow Rich By
Money Magazine has recently published a list of 25 things that they claim will make you rich. Although I think that this title is total fluff – stuff that catches a readers attention to get them to buy the magazine – as it covers things like never hiring a roofer who is going door-to-door. Sure [...]
Are You An Investor or a Gambler?
There was a really interesting article in this months issue of Moneysense about deciding if you are a gambler or an investor. I have never seen clear cut criteria on this so it was very interesting to see. The author, Duncan Hood, provided a list of 11 traits that a clinical psychologist in San Francisco [...]
