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Dollar Cost Averaging

June 2, 2009

Dollar cost Averaging is a means of investment whereby you invest a set amount of money at regular intervals. For most people this means having a payroll-deduction credited to your investment account. More familiar to a lot of folks is their 401K (or 403B for those in the non-profit or public sectors.) Those plans allow [...]

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Investment Clubs

May 15, 2009

One way of getting into investing without having much experience is to pool resources with other investors and form an investment club. You can also join an existing club if there is one in your area with openings for new members.
Investment clubs came to national attention a few years ago with a group of ladies [...]

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Falling in Love

April 16, 2009

Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m in love. I found a company that I thought would really move and would increase my net worth substantially. It was everything I ever dreamed of in a stock…and more. News kept coming of exciting new possibilities and products.
The future was so bright I had to wear shades. This was [...]

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Socially Responsible Investing

April 7, 2009

This week I am going to stray a little bit from the ‘basics’ I usually talk about. I have a small biotech company that I have put money in and out of for the past year. It has been a rollercoaster stock, and not one that fits my normal guidelines. The book value of the [...]

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Vital Investing Information – What Sources Do YOU use?

April 3, 2009

Where do you get your ideas for new stocks? (Of course, this is assuming you are looking for new ideas or possibilities.) If you are like most folks you look in a variety of places; also keeping your ears open for chat from friends, coworkers and relatives. Quite possibly you also see things from newspaper [...]

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Investing Internationally

February 18, 2009

Portfolio diversity means having a variety of assets in your investment account. Diversity helps to balance your account as often one type of investment may be ‘up’ while another is ‘down.’ In addition to that, more conservative investing is often recommended as we get older. I don’t want to get too deeply into the whole [...]

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Diversification in your Portfolio

January 26, 2009

Diversification is a way of looking at your investments and not putting all your eggs into one basket. This is generally done to balance your portfolio, so that when one section is not doing particularly well,  your overall balance is maintained by other sections bolstering it. This can further be broken down into  the sections [...]

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