What to do When the Market Plunges
Last Wednesday (August 11th), I was taking a day off with my family and while we were having fun in the sun, the market took another hit on Fed’s concern over the American economy. The US indices dropped by 2-3% while the Bloomberg app on my BlackBerry was beet red on the international markets too. [...]
Why Most People Fail at Investing
Investing is hard right? There is so much to learn and every time you turn around it seems like there is a better way to manage your portfolio. Add on top of that the desire to buy high quality dividend stocks using stock market research tactics and it feels like you are never done. I [...]
I Am An Active Procrastinator
My wife tells me I am a procrastinator. She is usually referring to things like cleaning the bathroom or putting my glass in the dishwasher. I know I also procrastinate on other things, but I never procrastinate in two areas of my life. First, is when it comes to my kids. If they need my [...]
8 Ways to Deal with Volatile Markets
Can I let you all in on a little stock market secret? This is very privileged information so please cover your screen while you read this so that others will not see our little secret. Ok, ready – here it comes………..The stock market is volatile and can go up and down a lot!![ad#tdg-embedded] Seriously though, [...]
Investor’s Have Insecurities Too
I have to admit – I have felt pretty insecure about my investment strategy and my investment code in the past couple of months. As I watch the market tank taking my portfolio with it, I wonder if my strategy of investing in a core basket of index funds supplemented with only very strong dividend [...]
What is Your Real Risk Tolerance?
To my female readers, pardon the expression, but it is aggressive bear markets that separate the boys from the men. The conviction to hold to a solid investment plan (such as a dividend growth plan) is the cornerstone of good portfolio management and amateur investors typically fare very poorly. I have been thinking about why [...]
5 Successful Traits of a “Successful” Investor
(This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net) Notice I did not say trader. There is a difference between trading and investing and it is important to distinguish between the two. The problem is that these days the people who actively trade their portfolios are very vocal about the death of buy and hold and I [...]
My Best Investing Mistake
(This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net) When investor’s talk about mistakes it is often in relation to the “worst” investment mistake they ever made. I am going to turn this around today and talk about the “best” investment mistake I ever made. This example is the “best” mistake because I learned a number of [...]
