| (Published: Tue, 23 May 2006 05:23:27 -0500) |
| The Dow Jones Industrial Average: Failing the Average Investor |
| In addition to a well thought out Investment Plan, successful Equity investing requires a feel for what is going on in the real world that we all refer to as "The Market". To most investors, the DJIA provides all of the information they think they need, and they worship it mindlessly, thin |
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| (Published: Wed, 31 May 2006 10:16:25 -0500) |
| In Value Stock Investing, Quality is Job One |
| How much financial bloodshed is necessary before we realize that there is no safe and easy shortcut to investment success? When do we learn that most of our mistakes involve greed, fear, or unrealistic expectations about what we own? Eventually, successful investors begin to allocate assets in a goa |
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| (Published: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:46:03 -0500) |
| Stock Market Volatility = Investment Opportunity |
| Most people never forget their first love. I'll never forget my first trading profit! But the $600 (1970 dollars) I pocketed on Royal Dutch Petroleum was not nearly as significant as the conceptual realization it signaled! I was amazed that someone would pay me that much more for my stock than the n |
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| (Published: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:59:18 -0500) |
| Window Dressing: Wall Street's Investment |
| As investors, and we all are investors these days, it is important that we understand the idiosyncrasies of the stock market pricing data we use to help us in our decision making efforts. On Wall Street, investing can be a minefield for those who don't take the time to appreciate why securities pri |
| Directory: Stocks & Shares |
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| (Published: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:21:49 -0500) |
| REITs and CEFs: The KISS Principal Applied to Real Estate |
| Real Estate investing is not nearly as legally complicated, financially burdensome, or time consuming as you might think. In fact, it is easy to add raw land, shopping centers, apartment complexes, and private homes to your portfolio without Brokers, Bankers, Attorneys, and a Rolodex full of mainten |
| Directory: Investing |
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| (Published: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:42:51 -0500) |
| What Social Security Trust Fund: Fire the Politicians! |
| As an investor, I've always wondered why Social Security is such a problem. What's so difficult about managing this particular Trust Fund, and why is it so different from other investment accounts that pay out a constant stream of income? The private sector does it routinely with defined benefit pen |
| Directory: Tax |
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| (Published: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:43:03 -0500) |
| Seven Principles of Investment Management |
| Many investment gurus, with a straight face and a gleam in their eye, will insist that successful investing is a function of expansive research, skillful market timing, and detailed technical analysis. Others emphasize fundamental information about companies, industries, and markets. But trends and |
| Directory: Investing |
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| (Published: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:55:55 -0500) |
| Investment Scandals & Scams: What's Next! |
| We humans are as creative on the "Dark Side" of commercial activity as we are in developing beneficial new products and services. In the face of huge financial benefits, however, some corporate executives can't resist taking an extra dessert even before their shareholders have finished din |
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| (Published: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:09:52 -0500) |
| March Investment Madness: The Financial Final Four |
| Although it may be hard to believe, there is more going on in the world than the NCAA Basketball Tournament. And even though it's not nearly as exciting as an expanded sports page, you will soon receive your March (Investment) Tournament Program... in the form of Brokerage Firm Statements. What is t |
| Directory: Investing |
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Professional Portfolio Management since 1979. Author of: "The Brainwashing of the American Investor: The Book that Wall Street Does Not Want YOU to Read", and "A Millionaire's Secret Investment Strategy".