Stocks & Mutual Fund Information

Buy and Hold: How to Perpetuate Your Investment Losses


A recent cartoon in my daily newspaper showed two guys sitting in a bar. One is saying to the other: ?I did learn something from my broker...how to diversify my investment losses.?

No Load Mutual Funds or Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)?


If you are fed up with early redemption charges and ever increasing mutual fund management fees on top of bad-performing fund managers, read on. There is a quiet revolution going on in the no-load mutual fund industry and you, the individual investor, may benefit from it greatly.

How (NOT) to Buy Mutual Funds


When it comes to mutual funds, there is a lot more to success than just finding a good one. Sad investment stories like the following are all too common. I hope my sharing it with you will help you avoid making the same devastating financial mistake one of my former clients made.

How to Maximize Your 401k Mutual Fund Returns


When it comes to 401k's there is an overabundance of sad stories. Here is one that at least has a happy ending?and it's getting happier all the time.

How to Evaluate Load vs. No Load Mutual Funds


If you have been dealing with mutual funds for any length of time, you undoubtedly have faced the question of which is better: Load Funds or No Load Funds. If you are new to investing, "load" simply refers to the commission paid to the broker selling the fund. "No load" means there is no commission on the purchase or sale.

How to Find Value in No Load Mutual Fund Investing


What are you thinking when it comes to your no load mutual fund selections? Are you saving pennies and sacrificing dollars?

The Inside Scoop on Mutual Fund Rip Offs


The bear market that showed up at the end of 2000 has every brokerage house-as well as the entire mutual fund industry-scrambling to find creative ways to boost both their image and bottom line. Unfortunately, this is often at the investors' expense.

How to Pay Less and Get More: Discount Broker vs Professional


How do you invest? What do you really pay? At the end of the day, what are your real results? These are questions smart investors should be asking themselves (but usually don't). In this era of more fees, misc. charges, holding periods and back end redemptions, even at discount brokers, how are you really making out?

How We Eluded The Bear Of 2000


The date October 13, 2000 will forever be embedded in my mind. It was the day after our mutual fund trend tracking indicator had broken its long-term trend line and I sold 100% of my clients? invested positions (and my own) and moved the proceeds to the safety of money market accounts. Some people thought we were nuts, but I had come to trust the numbers.

Lifestyle Funds Provide Greater Security?


With the stock market stubbornly refusing to settle down and smooth out, Wall Street has been scrambling to come up with "product" they can sell to gun shy investors.

Long-Term Investment In Todays Market?


The stock market is very unstable at this time going up and down while interest rates are so low you want to be a borrower and not a lender. Would you like some suggestions on how can you get the most out of low interest rates while being assured your principal will not disappear while you are trying to make some money? Of course, there is always the danger of borrowing the money and then spending it just because it is there.

Leverage - Margin Debt


What is leverage?

A Common Misconception about Stock Prices


I cringe every time I hear a novice investor tell me that they only purchase low priced stocks because they offer higher potential gains. A common phase I hear is ?I like to buy $1 and $2 stocks because they can double easily and I will make a 100% profit?.

Good Stock Market Tip; Good Return!


Forget making a profit; instead focus on the income provided from your stock portfolio. That?s right! Forget making a profit. The burden is now lifted - no more pressure on making a buck in the stock market. (Instead of trying to bend the spoon, that is impossible, instead just think of the spoon as ? omigosh! - I?m in the Matrix!) When you focus on the amount of money your holdings are providing in dividends ? and when those companies selected have a history of raising their dividends each year ? a lower stock price allows the dividends that are being rolled back into the stock to accelerate your income. The total value of your portfolio may go lower, but your income from that lower priced portfolio would increase dramatically. Profit by income!

A Good Fund Manager


Every Wall Street analyst, financial planner and broker will tell you that the right way to pick a mutual fund is find a good money manager of a fund that has a long time record.

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