From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Diversity in a Single Stock

March 31, 2009

Last time I touched on the advantage to having a diversified portfolio. A point was also made that a single stock’s price can be impacted by many factors, depending on the business. The example of a hotel chain was given, but this can and does apply to many different stocks.
How does the price of a [...]

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More on Diversification of Your Portfolio

March 24, 2009

I wanted to go into a little more detail on diversification of your portfolio. I had talked about having some diversity versus having a few very solid choices, now I would like to go into the true meaning of diversity. To get to basics diversity means having a variety in your portfolio, not only a [...]

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What does your broker do for you?

March 16, 2009

There are many ways to approach investing, but all of them involve a broker of some sort or another whether on-line or in a brick and mortar building. How you choose your broker and the services a broker provides vary greatly. The terms full service broker, discount broker, and flat-fee broker may or may not [...]

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Trading on Margin

March 11, 2009

“Trading on Margin” is getting a bit away from ‘understanding market basics,’ but sometimes terms come up in conversation and you want to know what they mean. So here’s what ‘Trading On Margin’ means.
I’ll start out with the basics and move on from there. If you have a large enough account with your brokerage firm [...]

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Invest Now, Do not wait!

March 4, 2009

I hear a lot of people say you have to be rich to get into the stock market and I have to say Bull! If you have any savings at all you are foolish to keep it in a savings account at today’s interest rates, and with the convenience of direct deposit most brokerage firms [...]

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