If someone is going to give you extra money for doing something you were going to do anyway, you take it. That is my philosophy around my employee pension plan and savings plan. Essentially, if I contribute money to both my pension fund and my savings plan then my employer will at least […]
Updated November 16,2008 Selecting an asset allocation means you are putting your risk profile to work in a way that balances the risk and reward in your overall portfolio. It is also the factor that contributes the most to a portfolio’s return. Read that again. It is also the factor that contributes […]
Risk is a crazy thing. Take on too much and you either crash and burn or you make out like a bandit. Take on too little and you either just float along or you make out like a bandit. The “trick” is figuring out how that happy medium that you will be […]
Updated October 18, 2008 In early December of 2007, I wrote a post about how I would invest if I were just starting out. In that post I provided my thoughts on how any beginner investor should start building a portolfio of stocks. I then realized that although I talk about my […]