Dogs of the Dow: Top Investing Strategy or Brilliant Marketing?
Posted April 25th, 2010Taking a closer look at one popular long term investing approach.
In the mid to late 90s I remember seeing an investment strategy that stood out from the rest. The Dogs of the Dow strategy offered a pretty straightforward and easy-to-understand approach, had a solid historical performance, and seemed to be one that would outperform the [...]
Dogs of the Dow: Top Investing Strategy or Brilliant Marketing?
How To Invest In Commodities as an Average Investor
Posted April 18th, 2010Commodity market prices can serve as an inflation indicator (via a commodity market index). If you’re looking for an inflation hedge, you may want to look at investing in this market.
One of the funnier stories on investment trading that I’ve come across is this one about the hapless commodities trader.
It was that moment [...]
How To Invest In Commodities as an Average Investor
Open A Lending Club IRA, Get A Cash Bonus
Posted April 16th, 2010Here’s a limited time offer from Lending Club which I was a little late in announcing. But during the month of April 2010, Lending Club is offering up to a 3% cash bonus on deposits you make to a new No-Fee Lending Club IRA account. This is a great time to consider [...]
Open A Lending Club IRA, Get A Cash Bonus
Target Date Funds or LifeCycle Funds: Pros and Cons
Posted April 12th, 2010I remember when “Target Funds” or “Target Date Funds” were first launched. This particular kind of fund was designed to make asset allocation easier for people, allowing investors to adjust and rebalance their investment portfolios automatically over time, to address specific goals. Target date funds are often also used for college education funds (529 [...]
Target Date Funds or LifeCycle Funds: Pros and Cons
Transferring Your Brokerage Account? Switch Brokers With Ease
Posted April 6th, 2010There’s comes a time when you may want to switch to a new discount broker. In an unpredictable market, many people are looking for innovative online brokerages that think outside the box and that take the extra step with service. But how can you possibly face your current broker to terminate your relationship? [...]
Transferring Your Brokerage Account? Switch Brokers With Ease
Investing In Global Financial Markets: A Look At Historical Investment Performance
Posted March 29th, 2010Here’s a follow up to a post I published a few years back, where I took a look at historical financial charts and various investment markets. Since it’s been a while, I’ve decided to do an update on the performance of different markets. Note that the charts illustrated below reflect a snapshot in time, primarily [...]
Investing In Global Financial Markets: A Look At Historical Investment Performance
ETF Investing: Why Exchange Traded Funds Are Part of My Portfolio
Posted March 12th, 2010If you’re a first time investor, it’s best to start investing with mutual funds. Mutual funds offer a simple way to garner near instantaneous diversification, the liquidity to buy and sell whenever you want (within limits), along with professional management. In particular, you should consider index funds for their low-cost and tax efficient approach. [...]
ETF Investing: Why Exchange Traded Funds Are Part of My Portfolio
Financial Retirement Planning For A Life Expectancy of a 100
Posted March 8th, 2010Some more retirement investing advice.
So how long do you think you will live? I am thinking I will make it to age 81. Well, if I’m lucky. My grandmothers lived to be 88 and 93 so that’s pretty good. The men in my family have all passed in their 60s or 70s. Uplifting thoughts, huh? [...]
Financial Retirement Planning For A Life Expectancy of a 100
My Stock Trading Strategy: Using Options to Enhance Returns
Posted March 5th, 2010Can this interesting stock trading strategy help you beat the market? Let’s see what Stephen Jeske, an independent option trader, has to say. He’s come up with themeatballeffect, a complete swing trading option strategy. If you’ve gotten your diversified, core investments off the ground, have picked up some free investing tips and ideas from [...]
My Stock Trading Strategy: Using Options to Enhance Returns
Top Investment Brokers For Mutual Fund Investing
Posted February 27th, 2010If you own mutual funds, it’s quite possible that you are paying more than you need to in mutual fund fees. This is according to Lipper, Inc. a large mutual fund research company. But by understanding what the various fees are that are associated with mutual fund investing, you’ll be able to compare [...]












