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The Urgent Case for Starting to Invest Today
I’m sure you’ve heard it before, you need to start investing for your future. You’ve probably heard it so many times that you just tune it out now. Because of this, I’m not going to tell you that you
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Investment Mistakes: Lessons Learned from Costly Decisions
I recently talked about my first investment, Intimate Brands and how I felt like the man. While I was successful with that investment, investing wasn’t always a positive experience. There were two tim
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Master Your Mind: 5 Psychological Tricks for Successful Investing
I’ve written before why you need to start investing now as well as the real way to make money in the stock market. But even with all of this excellent information, you still may find yourself making m
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Avoid These 3 Common Investing Mistakes | Wall Street Journal Insights
Investors make a ton of mistakes when it comes to investing in the stock market. I don’t blame them since there is so much conflicting information out there. I found this great article from The Wall S
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ETFs Explained: A Beginner's Guide to Exchange-Traded Funds
I’ve talked in depth about mutual funds on this blog – case in point is the mutual fund basics post a few weeks ago. But what I haven’t talked to you about are exchange traded funds or ETFs. Exchange
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Investor Personality Quiz: Discover Your Investment Style
When it comes to investing, everyone has their own goals and plans. Some may be investing for retirement, while others are using their investments for income. Whatever the case may be, each investor i
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ETFs vs. Mutual Funds: Which Investment is Right for You?
I recently received a question from a reader about ETFs and mutual funds. The reader read my mutual fund basics post along with what is an ETF post and wanted to know which one is a better investment.
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Top 3 Investments: Lessons Learned & Common Strategies
I’ve been investing for close to 17 years now (which coincidentally is about half my life!) and have learned a lot. I’ve made plenty of mistakes along the way, but have also had my fair share of succe
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Hidden Fees: Uncovering Costly Charges Businesses Are Imposing
In today’s business world, profit is more important than ever. Whereas in the past most businesses would do the right thing just to keep a customer, today many companies are more concerned with milkin
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Borrowing for Investment: Risks, Rewards & How to Decide
With interest rates so low you might be very tempted to borrow money inexpensively and invest that cash for a higher return. When I say “invest” I’m not really including the idea of borrowing money to
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Proven Momentum Trading Strategy for Beginners
This year tens of thousands of Americans will take on the daunting task of learning to day trade. Only 10% will make money in his or her first year and only 1% will be able to make a living trading st
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Forex Trading for Beginners: A Comprehensive Guide
As readers of my blog know, I am all about passive investing. When it comes to putting money away for the long-term, a good plan is needed that includes low cost investments. But even with my main inv
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Overcoming Emotional Investing Mistakes: A Path to Success
I talk a lot about investing here and regularly tell you that most of us fail because of our emotions. We get too excited or too scared and do the wrong thing at the wrong time. I even detailed my str
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Unlock the Power of Dividend Income: A Beginner's Guide
Would you be interested in getting paid to invest in the stock market? Who wouldn’t? While it might sound far-fetched or even a scam, the reality is that you can get paid to invest in the stock market
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Debt Payoff vs. Investing: Which is Right for You?
On any given day, you can visit a random personal finance blog and I bet you will find this very question: should I pay off debt or invest in the market? The standard answer that you will find 99% of
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Robo Advisors: A Comprehensive Guide to Automated Investing
Up until a few years ago you had two options when it came to investing: you either went completely solo – meaning you handled all aspects of investing on your own – or you hired a financial profession
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Dividend Investing for Beginners: Start with $1000 (or Less)
Investing may seem like a pastime for the rich… But that’s not the case. This how-to article shows you how you can start dividend investing with $1,000 (or less). There has never been a time when buil
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Buy and Hold Investing: A Simple Path to Wealth
It’s no secret that I am all for passive investing, also know as buy and hold, compared to active investing (you can learn about the differences between the two in this post). After looking at the dat
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Warren Buffett's Mentor: Proven Investing Strategies & Pitfalls
Warren Buffett’s investing mentor shares two investing strategies to avoid and three that actually work. Whenever the stock market takes a tumble or volatility increases, I always see a bump in visito
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Sharebuilder Review: Low-Cost Investing for Beginners (2024)
Is Sharebuilder an online broker you should look into? What, you’ve never heard of Sharebuilder? Sharebuilder has been around since 1996 as a low cost option for investors without a lot of money to in
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Understanding Reinsurance: Protecting the Insurance IndustryReinsurance companies, also known as reinsurers, are companies that provide insurance to insurance companies. In other words, reinsurance companies are companies that receive insurance liabilities fro...
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Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR Act): Antitrust Review ExplainedThe Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, more commonly known as the HSR Act, is a United States antitrust law that is an amendment to the Clayton Antitrust ActClayton Antitrust ActThe Clayton Antitrust Act is a Uni...
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Europe Travel on a Budget: Your Ultimate Guide to Affordable AdventuresReady to snap selfies in front of Stonehenge, sip cappuccinos near the Colosseum or fall in love at the Louvre? Backpacking through Europe is an adventure that appears on many Americans’ ...
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Day Trading Stocks: A Comprehensive Guide for BeginnersTwo brokers looking at a computer screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stock day-trading is an activity in which you buy and sell the same stocks on the same day, so that you h...