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With Stock-market volatility, is a Money Market investment right for you?

June 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Have you noticed the irrationality in the stock market lately? 13% unemployment rate, negative GDP growth projections for the year, still the market has recovered all of the March/April losses! The famous saying goes “Markets can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent”.

With Stock-market volatility, is a Money Market investment right for you?

With the volatility plaguing the stock market in this time of crisis you may be looking for safer harbors to invest your money.  If this is the case a money market account may be just the thing you are looking for.  This type of investment will give you added security at the time you need it most.

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How to Control Stock Trading Impulses

May 21, 2020 21 Comments

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Hope you haven’t frowned seeing the title. Many invest in stocks out of compulsion or impulses. This article is for those. I generally tend to write about people who are like me, middle class, having some money to enjoy life but, mostly trying hard to maximize money’s worth.

People like us, do not usually have money for buying stocks on impulse. Still, it almost happened to me last week. I was on the verge of buying into Facebook on an opening day.

In the end, I did resist buying Facebook stock. Not that Facebook is a bad investment but, the whole affair was nothing else than impulse buying. I didn’t study the valuation, I wasn’t reading analyst reports. I was just buying it, for the sake of it. Giving in to the hype and hoopla.

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Dividend Investing For Dummies

April 25, 2019 3 Comments

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When you have some leftover money after maxing out your 401k and IRA’s. You should look for alternate ways to invest and grow. Dividend investing is a powerful way to grow your wealth completely passively. in the longer term, historically, dividend stocks outperformed the real estate investments. Today we will discuss some of the basics of dividend investing

101 For Dividend Investing

When it comes to investing, everyone has their own strategy. Some are seeking big gains, others are looking for steady supplemental income. Every investing strategy has different risks and rewards. Those looking for a low-risk strategy should look no further than dividend investing. It is easy to understand, and simple to execute.

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Stock Market Investing For Dummies

March 14, 2019 3 Comments

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Have you ever come across someone who is not familiar with the stock market at all? I mean, not knowing it as a viable investment option. I met someone at work recently who knew all about CD and savings accounts, but not the stock market. He didn’t have a retirement savings plan and never bought a mutual fund or an index fund.

Stock Market Investing For Dummies

I am going to write about some very basic topics of stock investing, like what kind of market is a stock market and why it’s a very good investment option for the long term.

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The Stock Market Made Easy

October 30, 2018 1 Comment

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I am sure you’re anxiously seeing the stock indices volatility and gross downturn past few weeks. Is it abnormal? Naturally, stocks do vary. For example, there are dividend stocks or defensive stocks. A good beginning stock is dividend stocks which give buyers a long-term return. A defensive stock is a good beginning stock for a long-term investment like water, electrical, or utility stocks.

The Stock Market Made Easy

I am not panicking with the recent market downturn. Neither should be you. We need to understand how these markets work. The loss you are seeing now re all paper loss, you don’t make a loss till you sell your positions. I am holding tights on to my stocks and funds.

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Why Dividend Stocks are the Best Stocks for an Investor?

October 2, 2015 Leave a Comment

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A lot of investors find themselves encountering severe emotional shifts with the fluctuations that come with stock market investment. In addition, uncertainty may seriously surprise and hit you when suddenly prices drop while elation sets hearts racing with sprightliness when prices rise.

However, people who prefer to invest in long-term dividends stocks, won’t experience the same anxiety as stock prices fluctuate. I can perhaps count myself to be in this category. I haven’t sold any position in last month or so, since dow lost 1000 points in a day. In fact, I bought CocaCola and Johnson and Johnson stocks. They both have consistent dividend paying record over many years.

From the mindset of dividend investors, they are aware that the success of their financial investment is not hinged on the inconsistencies of the market itself, but rather on the long-range prosperity of the company. It’s a historical fact that the dividend, as well as the stock price, will sooner or later ascend, in the long run, resulting in considerable growth over a long period of time.

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Visa and MasterCard: The Railroads of Money

June 22, 2015 2 Comments

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This is a guest post from John Smith. He blogs about long term investment options. He talked about identifying moats of the economy to invest for long term, in his previous guest post. Enjoy another thought-provoking post!

Earlier, we discussed moats, and how to identify them. Throughout the article, I used Visa (NYSE:V) and MasterCard (NYSE:MA) as examples of moats. In this article, we will discuss why they are fit for a long-term investor, and find Visa and MasterCard’s moats (along with the moats of railroads).

Before examining the moats of the two companies, we must first understand their business. According to the Yahoo Finance business summary of Visa, “The company facilitates commerce through the transfer of value and information among financial institutions, merchants, consumers, businesses, and government entities.” (MasterCard’s description is practically the same).

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How Ben Graham’s Value Investing Principles Can Help

April 24, 2015 1 Comment

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It is very difficult to make money from the stock market. There is nothing more difficult for an investor than to see mediocre returns on his portfolio. I should know because I speak from personal experience. When I was assembling a portfolio of stocks to save for my retirement I was never happy with the returns that I got.

Benjamin Graham's Investment Strategy Can Help Even Today

That was until I learned about an investment strategy that is more than sixty years old but remains very relevant today. This approach is known as value investing and was developed by the late Benjamin Graham, who is known on Wall Street as the “Father of Value Investing” and was the mentor of the venerable Warren Buffett.

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Letting Experts Manage Your Investment Dollars- A Case for Funds

February 25, 2015 Leave a Comment

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I was once an avid self-investor. I used to be the investment advisor for my colleagues. I was successful at it, till I compared my return with that of some mutual funds I bought on the side. It was a pleasant awakening; I was nowhere close to their performance. Then came 2008 when I watched my investments in Washington Mutual bank stocks disappear within few minutes, in front of my eyes!

Trading via Funds

It didn’t take it long to realize I was not a great expert in stock picking. Fund managers were far better. Since then all of my new investments have been either in Mutual Funds or in Exchange Traded Funds. Not only these two, there’s another kind of fund that is still out of my reach, for not having enough investible asset, the Hedge Funds.

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10 Stock Investing Tips for the New Year

January 19, 2015 3 Comments

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Investing in stocks is as delicate as walking on a tightrope—one small mistake and things could end badly. But what makes this rope walking worth the risk are the attractive, sometimes astounding, rewards you get if done properly. Apart from the obvious monetary gain, you’ll also feel a sense of power and satisfaction by being able to accurately predict stock values and make the most of them.

Trading Stocks

While investing in stocks often involves complex methodology, there are also easy routes – investment hacks, you might say. The 10 tips discussed below can help you kick-start your investment career and turn you into a successful speculator.

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