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October 15, 2015
Why I Don’t Invest In Individual Stocks Anymore
According to Warren Buffett, Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway: (220) “Most institutional and individual investors will find the best way to own common stock is through an index fund that charges minimal fees. Those following this path are sure to beat the net results [after fees and expenses] delivered by the great majority of investment professionals.” 1996- Shareholder Letter (sourced from IFA.com/quotes/)
Over the pas...
October 12, 2015
An Investing Story With a Big Lesson
While performingthe quarterly portfolio updates for our family’s holdings, I compared the balances in El Carino and my Roth and Traditional IRA’s. We started contributing toour Traditional IRA’s in the 1980’s andswitched toRoth’s when they were established by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. Since we eachcontributethe maximum amount, I have a competition between our accounts.
In fact, this little competition has been a secret until...
October 8, 2015
Fall Investing + Money News to Inspire You
I just returnedfrom Fincon 2015, a peer conference for the financial media community. Now, I’m totally inspired with too much to do on my plate.
In conjunction with the exciting conference, I also co-launched Young and Oldish Money Podcast with my partner, Bobby Lee of 2 Minute Finance.com. If any of you have launched a new endeavor, then you understand; there’s the first part of content creation, in this case, recording many episodes of the podcast for publication. Next, and equally as chall...
October 5, 2015
What Does Price Earnings Ratio Mean? Use the PE for Smart Investing
Most investors are best suited to invest in a diversified portfolio of index funds in an asset allocation in line with their risk tolerance. The research is quite clear that it is exceedingly difficult to beat the overall stock market over time. That said, there are those who like to analyze individual stocks and attempt to beat the market. For those active investors, as well as those interested in understanding a bit more about investing, I’ll cover some of the pop...
October 1, 2015
How Often Should I Check My Investments?
Guest Contributor, Reid Henderson
It is undeniable that your investments should be regularly checked, but by regularly, I do not mean check them every day. It is understandable that you would like to check your investments every day because after all, it is your money. But you’ll likely lose money if you check your investments every day.
Very rarely does an investment have a steady rise. The stock market is volatile— It goes up and dow...
September 28, 2015
5 Inspiring Warren Buffett Investing Quotes
Warren Buffett is considered one of the most successful investors of our time. According to BusinessInsider‘s Andy Kiersz, in “Here’s How Rich You’d Be if You’d Invested $1,000 in Buffett Way Back When”, $1,000 invested in Berkshire Hathaway in 1964, would be worth about $11.6 million today. This information uses the 1964 share price of $19 and the February 27, 2015 closing price of $221,180 for Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A). With the more recent closing share price of $194,620 (Septem...
September 24, 2015
Young and Oldish Money Podcast
“Young and Oldish Money is created specifically for you with banter about money, investing, saving, debt, economics, tech and fun! Your young and old-ish hosts, Bobby Lee and Barbara Friedberg, successful financial pros, promise entertaining, hilarious and informative conversation about financial topics from generational perspectives. You’ll walk away with inspiration and actionable tips to increase your net worth and...
September 21, 2015
Six Dangerous Investing Myths
Guest post, Rob Bennett
Investing is both an art and a science. There are passionate supporters of a wide range of investing methodologies and the research can be tweaked to support various approaches.
When considering the index fund investing approach, there are considerableways to viewthe idea that it’s difficult if not impossible to beat the long term market averages. Following are several investing myths, from a valuation informed approach.
What do you think of these investing myths, are...
September 14, 2015
My Best Lazy Portfolio
The best lazy portfolio is the one that you maintain. In investing there’s no one right way to invest or manage your portfolio. In fact there are hundreds of different approaches, and probably more.
Consider the active portfolio managers, they all have their own ideas about how to get the highest returns for their particular strategies. Then there are the hedge funds, clamoring to get alpha from creative investment strategies. Finally, the market timers think they will...
September 10, 2015
Market Forecasts-Can Strong Fundamentals Predict Stock Market Returns?
With the recent stock market crash, you may be wondering how to predict stock market returns.
Do you think it’s possible to predict stock market returns?
Stocks can remain overvalued for a long time before a crash. For example, back in 1996 former Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan wrote about irrational exuberance driving stock prices up to unsustainable levels. He claimed the markets were overvalued and implied they could not keep u...
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