Category: Learning to Invest
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Friday, April 05, 2013
Stock Market Investors Beware of Deadly Dollar Cost Averaging / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyGainsLetter
Moe Zulfiqar writes: If the price of a stock or any other financial instrument is headed downward, should you buy more or sell? Investors are faced with this question every single day when they see their holdings decline in value. In situations like these, investors sometimes make a mistake of buying more of something when they should have been selling it—this is often referred to as dollar cost averaging.
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Tuesday, April 02, 2013
Three Critical Mistakes Investors Make / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyGainsLetter
Moe Zulfiqar writes: When it comes to investing for the long run, investors must make sure that they make their investment decisions based on extensive analysis—not buy on rumors or “inside information.” Through thorough analysis, an investor can gain peace of mind.
If you avoid these following common investor mistakes when investing, you can be a better investor over the long run and can witness your portfolio grow.
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Golfers Make This Tragic Mistake… And So Do Investors / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Investment_U
Alexander Green writes: Watch an amateur golfer miss a putt and you will see two frequent errors.
The first is that the putt will finish on the low side of the hole. (That’s golf slang for saying the ball broke more than the putter was anticipating.) Statisticians say it’s the reason for nearly two-thirds of amateur golfers’ missed putts.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
How to Miss the Biggest Investment Opportunities of Your Lifetime / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Investment_U
Alexander Green writes: At our 15th Annual Investment U Conference in St. Petersburg last week, I spoke to the few hundred people in attendance about “How to Lose Money and Miss Opportunities.” For some reason, I was the only presenter who chose to speak on this topic. So I had the field all to myself.
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Friday, March 08, 2013
How to Safely Hedge Your Stocks Portfolio in Uncertain Times / Portfolio / Learning to Invest
By: Investment_U
David Eller writes: What a year 2013 has been. The S&P is up 6% and we’re 3% away from all-time highs. The Dow Jones broke through 14,000…
Can things get better from here? Can they even stay this good? Nobody knows where the markets will go, but there are ways to protect yourself and sleep easy at night.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Should You Buy Stocks at New Lows? Or New Highs? / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: You might not agree with today's lesson... But it's based on numbers going back nearly 100 years.
Last month, I told you even though stocks are way up and hitting levels that have preceded major corrections in the past, it is NOT time to sell.
Monday, February 25, 2013
The Biggest Stock Market Investing That You Actually Believe / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
Steve Sjuggerud writes: You hear it all the time... but it's completely wrong.
I know, I know... It sounds so right and sensible, it must be true. But it's completely false.
It drives me nuts.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Are You An Investor Who Suffers From Hyperopia? / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Investment_U
Alexander Green writes:
During the housing boom a few years ago – while home equity values were climbing – American consumers went on a world-class spending spree. The personal savings rate dropped to zero, then went negative. Consumers were actually spending more than they were earning.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Petrobras a Timeless Lesson on Investing With the Government / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: GrowthStockWire
Brian Hunt writes: Sometime in the past decade, Americans who should know better embraced a horrible investment idea...
If you've ever bought a stock because an investment guru told you it was "state owned" and backed by the government, chances are good you fell for a common mistake... And chances are good you lost money on the deal.
In today's essay, I'll show you why this is the case... and why you should always be leery of investing with "state owned" companies.
Friday, February 08, 2013
The Key to Investing Success / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: If there's one single, indispensable key to successful investing, it's to go with the flow.
That's my distillation of well-worn market mantras that you're probably familiar with.
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Saturday, January 05, 2013
The Single Greatest Stock Investing Secret Ever! / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
Porter Stansberry writes: Let's make a fundamental point about investing...
Most investors obsess about growth. They want a story about a company that's poised to experience massive growth. And yes, growth is very good. But you can't forget that the point of growth is to generate capital for shareholders.
Friday, January 04, 2013
Five Critical Criteria for Every Investment / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Don_Miller
A recent reader question is from Alex L, who is a member of my Super Sports Roadster club, a “collaborator-friend,” and big help in getting the Miller’s Money Forever project started:
“Dennis, you started actively managing your portfolio when your CDs got called in and you were sitting on cash. What do you suggest for people who already have a portfolio but might want to rearrange it a bit?”
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Investors Need Strong Stomachs… Not Big Brains / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Investment_U
Alexander Green writes: It’s great fun to read heroic investment stories about individuals who made fortunes as a result of exceptional insights or sheer genius.
No one is better at telling these than Michael Lewis, the bestselling author who devotes much of his book, The Big Short, to Steve Eisman, a brilliant and eccentric hedge fund manager who made hundreds of millions in the recent financial crisis by buying credit default swaps on the triple-B-rated tranches (slices) of subprime mortgage bonds.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
How to Make Money No Matter What the Stock Market Does / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Investment_U
Marc Lichtenfeld writes: This weekend, I was at a boxing match, talking with someone affiliated with the show. He used to work on Wall Street. I asked him if he missed it. “Hell, no,” he said quickly. “Wall Street makes boxing look like an honest business.”
After the financial collapse, flash crash and various scandals, that’s the way many people view Wall Street.
And that’s despite the current bull market being the ninth longest in history – out of 26.
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Sunday, October 28, 2012
Dividends, the Only Sure Way to Get Rich in Stocks / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: DailyWealth
Porter Stansberry: Most people think Warren Buffett became the richest investor in history – and one of the richest men in the world – because he bought the right "cheap" stocks.
Legions of professional investors tell their clients they're "Dodd and Graham value investors... just like Warren Buffett."
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Facebook Crash Illustrates the Investment Opportunity Scam, Nadeem Walayat's Investing Lesson / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Nadeem_Walayat
With the Facebook stock price trading about 50% below the IPO price, read on if want to know why so many investors were zuckerberged into investing in Facebook and how such costly mistakes can be avoided in the future.
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Free Cash Flow - The Best Company Valuation Metric / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Ian_R_Campbell
Why Read and Watch: Because Free Cash Flow is indeed the best valuation metric for established companies that generate cash flow from operations.
Featured Article and Video: A recent short article with an accompanying video purports to explain what 'free cash flow' is, and why and how it is important as a business valuation metric. On balance, the video does quite a good job of this - and hence is worthwhile watching and listening to.
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Don't Let the Stock Market Play You For the "Greater Fool" / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Money_Morning
William Patalon writes: More than a decade has passed since the dot-bomb implosion, and many of us are still amazed that so many investors got sucked into such an insane speculative financial mania.
The thing is, it has happened many times before.
For instance, in the mid-1600s Holland literally drove itself to ruin over flowers - tulips, to be precise.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Don’t Be a Stock Market Racist, Investing Lesson / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Charles_Carnevale
There is no shortage of pundits and prognosticators willing to offer their opinions (rarely based on facts) as to whether or not stocks are cheap or expensive, or as to whether the markets are going to rise or fall. In every case, the opinions and prognostications are directed as generalities such as stocks or markets. In this context, the implication is that all stocks are the same, and therefore will all behave in the same manner or in tandem.
Friday, September 07, 2012
Misconception on Foreign Funds Causes Increase Volume / InvestorEducation / Learning to Invest
By: Sam_Chee_Kong
Volume had long been an important indicator in the study of market sentiment. A bull market accompanied by heavy volume indicates commitment among investors and is usually regarded as healthy and will help prolong the run. Whereas a bull run with light volume indicate less commitment from investors and eventually the trend will run its course much sooner than expected. However over the past there had been much misconception among investors regarding the volume of shares in a particular stock market.