Investing - Bum Or Shining Star

Is your financial advisor a bum or a shining star? Read on and I'll show you a simple way to find out!

Investing - How To Make $100,000 An Hour

It may seem unbelievable but it's possible to make hundreds of thousands of dollars in a matter of hours–legally and tax-free. To see if you qualify, read on.

Investing - It's OK To Play Defense

Football season is coming! Those teams hoping to make it to the top can't just rely on a good offense. They know they'll need a great defense as well. It is the same way when it comes to managing your money. With several major issues affecting the markets, it may be time to add some defensive plays to your portfolio playbook.

Investing - Mutual Fund Investors Beware!

Investing in mutual funds may not be as attractive as it used to be! There's an industry-wide shift occurring that is certain to affect you. Across the board, mutual fund companies are imposing redemption fees. Whether you invest in no-load funds, big funds, small funds through your 401(k), understanding these changes is essential.

Investing - How To Invest in 2000 - An Update

In January, I discussed my predictions for how you should invest in 2004. This article updates those recommendations in light of recent events. Read on to know how to protect your money.

Investing - Performance Really Does Matter

Hey Guys, it turns out performance really does matter! No, I'm not talking about what you think - I'm referring to the performance of your investments! One mistake people often make is forgetting that investment performance impacts their lifestyle.

Online Stock Brokers Have Their Benefits

Not everyone can afford to pay a stock broker hundreds of dollars per transaction to be able to try and make money on stock market investments. Fortunately, there are now some great options available for those who want to invest, but don't have a lot of money to play with. One of the best ways for anyone to get into the market is to use online stock brokers.

Fraud - SEC Investigations - April 2007

Over half of the cases opened by the SEC in the past six months were of three types: accounting fraud, insider trading, and stock manipulation. Does this mean that these frauds are the ones to be aware of today? How can an investor use this information?

The Three Types of Investing

In the world of investing there are many different investment vehicles and strategies but they can be split into three broad categories. The advantage of thinking from this point of view is that it makes it easier to decide which form of investing or which combination of investing will best suit you. Let's have a look at the three broad categories of investing and look at the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Rules for Investing- How To Build a Portfolio of Safe, Secure Investments

In order to invest wisely, you need to have a suitable investment plan that will ensure the appropriate amount of growth for your circumstances. Your investments will also need to be safe and easy to manage. Safe investing is easy as long as you know and follow the basic rules.

Buy Stock Without a Broker - 5 Tips That Will Save You a Fortune in Commissions

The main advantage to using a stock broker is for the benefit of his or her investment advice - and you pay dearly in sales commissions for that advice too. If you make your own investment decisions and feel comfortable managing your own portfolio, you should know that you don't need a stock broker's or financial advisor's help to buy stock.

Fundamentals V's Technical Analysis

Money moves the markets and big money is always right no matter what the reason or cause. The skilled technical analyzer will always see the price movement before any other. The long term investor, 'buy and hold' is a fundamental strategy, it assumes the price will in the long run continue on an upward bias. The fundamentalist concentrates on economics and the health of the economy. The technician relies on charts to determine price changes.

Discipline Equals Profits For Market Timers

The winning market timer is the disciplined market timer. That very simply means he or she chooses a specific, dependable, market timing strategy and follows it.

Offshore Banking - New Strategies for A New Century

With this availability of offshore banking to almost anyone, there are as many reasons one would participate in this type of asset allocation. One of the major opportunities that have presented itself in the early part of the century is foreign real estate ownership as an offshore banking strategy.

Benjamin Graham's Concept - Margin of Safety

Benjamin Graham was not only a widely respected author and expert on value investing - he is often credited with creating the foundation for modern fundamental analysis of stocks. Graham created many well known and widely used theories for investors, including the concept of the margin of safety.