A Remedial Course in InvestingFor those of us who have participated in the investment arena for more than just the past couple of years, 2000 will likely go down as "not unprecedented and long overdue." For the investors who have come to the party more recently, it was a brutal, eye-opening, and sobering experience. Buying every dip didn't work. Dot-com IPOs didn't work. This year was truly a coming-of-age experience for millions of "adolescent" investors. [More] | Lies, Damn Lies and Mutual Fund ReturnsSo, while he had made 40% on 10% of his investment, he had only made 4.35% on his whole portfolio. My methodology was also focused on protecting my clients' investments and it had increased their entire portfolio 29% (unrealized). That would be an apple to apple comparison when measuring my returns against his. Bob's one fund realized 40% return. However, had I approached it the same way Bob had, I could have described one of the funds I used that had realized over 49% for the same period. [More] | RRSP Investing Mistakes To AvoidNot sticking to your plan. The market has been up and down in recent years and this makes people very emotional with their investments and jittery about short-term losses, says Saar. The result for some has been to 'cash out' of poorly performing mutual funds. "If you established a proper, diversified plan when you invested, it is important to stick to it even through the dips in the market," says Saar. "The market may get bumpy but because the RRSP is a long-term investment, you should ride out these bumps. The plan accounts for fluctuations but should still reach its goal in the long run." Investors who contribute regularly to their plan are less impacted by swings in the market and can benefit from an investment strategy called dollar cost averaging. [More] |
"Destroy the Fear of Success!"
Wow, I am Finally back! It has been a great.
Expected Earnings Releases for Week of 09/25/06
Week of 09/25/06
Earnings releases expected for Monday 09/25/06
- Before The Open
WAG, [maybe SMSC]
- During Trading
(none)
- After The Close
JLG
Earnings releases expected for Tuesday 09/26/06
- Before The Open
ALOG, LEN, .
John McCabe's Web Guides: Should Investing Be a Team Sport?
Author David Campbell contends that the "odds of success in this kind of investing [on your own] are comparable to the odds of winning the lottery", and goes on to give a few tips on doing just that. Actually, his tips a.
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