Investment portfolios are like vegetable gardens. You have to "prune" them periodically in order to keep them healthy. You do that by rebalancing your investment portfolio. If you use an investment ... Read More about When Should You Rebalance Your Investment Portfolio?
How to Keep Your Investment Fees Low – And Why It’s So Important to Your Bottom Line
When it comes to investing, most folks concentrate mainly on the overall rate of return on their portfolio. Investment fees fall somewhere further down on the priority list. But let's say you pay ... Read More about How to Keep Your Investment Fees Low – And Why It’s So Important to Your Bottom Line
Asset Allocation – How to Diversify Your Investment Portfolio to Maximize Return and Minimize Risk
Asset allocation is essentially related to grandma’s old cliché: don’t put all your eggs in one basket. In financial terms, you don’t want to have the majority of your investment portfolio tied up in ... Read More about Asset Allocation – How to Diversify Your Investment Portfolio to Maximize Return and Minimize Risk
Investing In Stocks
Buying stocks for the first time can feel like playing a new sport. You may feel uncertain. You may question the wisdom of getting involved. The fees may seem confusing or too steep. With sports as ... Read More about Investing In Stocks
How To Invest In Bonds
Stocks and bonds are often discussed interchangeably. That’s mostly because where you have one in a portfolio, you have the other – or at least you should. Bonds are stocks’ more conservative ... Read More about How To Invest In Bonds
How to Invest in ETFs – Ultimate Guide to Trading Exchange Traded Funds
Investors hoping to maximize gains and diversify their investments are always on the lookout for low-cost options. Remember that the fees you pay to invest are nearly as important as your ... Read More about How to Invest in ETFs – Ultimate Guide to Trading Exchange Traded Funds
Options Trading Guide
If you spend much time investing, you've undoubtedly heard about options. Options trading is a way to profit from stocks, whether they rise or fall. Best of all, it doesn't require a long-term ... Read More about Options Trading Guide
How to Write an Investment Policy Statement – A Guide to Help Keep Your Investments on Track
Do you have an Investment Policy Statement (IPS)? If not, then you are missing out on one of the key ingredients of a successful investing career. An Investment Policy Statement is a written policy of ... Read More about How to Write an Investment Policy Statement – A Guide to Help Keep Your Investments on Track
How to Invest a Thousand Dollars Today
My brother recently contacted me to ask how to invest a thousand dollars. He was thinking about opening a Roth IRA, but he wanted to know if that was the best place to put his money for the long term. ... Read More about How to Invest a Thousand Dollars Today
Should You Invest in Individual Stocks, or Stick with Index & Mutual Funds?
In recent years there's been a major push in the investment universe toward investing in funds rather than investing in individual stocks. This includes both mutual funds and exchange traded funds ... Read More about Should You Invest in Individual Stocks, or Stick with Index & Mutual Funds?