Tag: investment strategy
How To Benefit From Cyclical Investment Markets
The Stock Market Returns are Volatile Early 2022 has been a rocky ride for investors. After an S&P 500 26.89% gain in 2021, year to date returns are a loss of -5.24% as of February 4, 2022. While not quite an official bear market, it’s enough to give investors pause. If you’ve only been investing […]
Best Inverse ETFs That Short The Market 2022 – Sector Picks
Investors anticipating a bear market, when stock prices fall, might be wondering, “How do I profit from declining asset prices?” After more than a decade-long bull market, a turnaround is bound to occur. Short or inverse ETFs might be the way to profit when markets fall. What is Short Selling? Short selling is an advanced […]
How To Buy And Hold Real Estate
Profiting from real estate as part of a short-term or a long-term investment strategy (for example, to complement your retirement plan) is a common goal for many investors. The flexibility of real estate investing makes it ideal as a full-time career path, a part-time business, or just as a hobby. Either way, there are some tactics […]
Separating Real News From Fake News In The Stock Market
For an investor trying to build wealth, the massive amount of news coming out of the financial media can be contradictory and confusing. Investors sometimes don’t realize that there are two sides to every stock trade. The seller doesn’t want to own the shares for a range or reasons, and the buyer does so with […]
Don’t Assume You Will Magically Retire…
Never assume that you will magically become financially stable. Financial freedom is the result of careful and meticulous planning. Contributing 3-5% to your 401k likely won’t be enough. This is especially true if you start investing late or not knowing what funds you are investing in. Figure out how much you need for retirement and […]
Dividend Or Growth Stocks – The Best Investment
Should I Invest In Dividend Or Growth Stocks? To someone learning how to invest in the stock market, the amount of options you have can be somewhat overwhelming. Stocks, bonds, annuities, options, forex, ETFs. It can all be a little too much to think about. I’m going to take a little time to go over […]
Goldilocks Investing Is On The Wane
What to do About the Impending Stock Market Decline We all know the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. Once upon a time, a little girl with blonde hair named Goldilocks went for a stroll in the forest. She strolled into an empty house and sampled 3 bowls of porridge. The first bowl was […]
Avoid This Common Investment Pitfall
This weekend, the entire world stood on pins and needles. Congress worked feverishly on a $700 billion bank rescue plan. I was happy to see our elected officials finally putting in a few honest hours of work. I guess they realized saving the US banking system might be important. Of course Congress is working hard […]
Dollar Cost Averaging
I was talking with a good friend about his investing strategies over the weekend. He got lucky and managed to exit the market at just the right point a few months back and now is sitting on some cash. He’s thinking now might be a great time to buy into the market. Despite a long […]