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Types of Diversification for Your Portfolio
Everyone and their grandma knows that keeping your stock portfolios diversified is great. It was even featured in a Chappelle Show skit involving the Wu-Tang Clan as financial advisors. By not betting on a single stock making all your returns, you reduce the change of loss and also help keep your peace of mind during times of economic downturn.
By Cato Conroy6 years ago in Trader
10 Tips for Investing Your Inheritance
You're grieving. You never thought you'd see the day that loved one passed away. It's rough on so many levels, too. You had to plan a funeral, divide up possessions, and also still bust your back at work. It's hard to function—but there's some mildly good news.
By Skunk Uzeki6 years ago in Trader
Ways to Invest Like Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett is the investor that investors look up to. He's behind some of the greatest stock market trades in history, is worth $83.9 billion, and has become the man known as the Oracle of Omaha. No one, but no one, has a track record as good as he does in terms of investing success.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart6 years ago in Trader
What Types Of Investments Have The Highest Returns?
When you first start investing in the stock market, you're making an excellent investment in your future. You're showing that you want to make your money work for you, rather than just work for your money. It's great and if you're like most people, you want to know what types of investments have the highest returns.
By Cato Conroy6 years ago in Trader
How Much You Should Have Saved by Every Age . Top Story - April 2018.
Saving money is essential for living comfortably, especially in your later years. It's important to start saving as early as possible, with your investments gathering interest as you get older. Your gains will only grow more each year. It also shows you a disciplined method of spending your money and develops good financial habits. Just saving a dollar a day can add up and lead to some sort of financial stability. Here's how much you should have saved by every age.
By Nick Paroni6 years ago in Trader
Tips for Trading Penny Stocks
Penny stocks are regularly cited as one of the most dangerous investments you can make. The regulations penny stock companies face isn't always as strict as bigger companies, and since they are small-cap companies with tight profit margins, going bankrupt is far more likely,
By Skunk Uzeki6 years ago in Trader
Tips for Investing in IPOs
Ah, the IPO. The Initial Public Offering of a company, or IPO, has become one of the hottest buzzwords in the investing world—much of it thanks to Facebook's major IPO release. As popular as it may be to talk turkey about investing in a brand new stock, the practice itself is quite old and quite risky.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart6 years ago in Trader
How To Invest Like Ray Dalio
They've been discussing this for so long there's a Yahoo Finance article on How To Invest Like Ray Dalio from 2013. There's no kidding when we say everyone and their mother wants to learn his secrets and his motivations, but truth be told there's a fine line between knowing how to invest like Ray Dalio and knowing how not to, since you have to know the guy if you expect to invest like him (ie read up on Principles by Ray Dalio).
By Salvador Lorenz6 years ago in Trader
Tips for Successful Long-Term Investing
Most people, when they first start investing in the stock market, make a terrible mistake. This mistake often is a two-pronged problem that quickly blows up in their face and often discourages them from ever investing in stocks again.
By Cato Conroy6 years ago in Trader
Best Apps for Micro-Investing
During a study trying to figure out how much Millennials knew about the stock market, researchers asked them what was the biggest issue they faced when trying to invest. Almost 35 percent of non-investing respondents said that the reason they couldn't invest dealt with the fact that they couldn't afford to invest.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart6 years ago in Trader