If you’ve read any piece of financial news lately, you’d know that American real estate is back on an upward trajectory. Last month it was reported that single family homes in the United States had increased in price at the fastest pace since 2006. This trend looks sustained. Housing is an investment that runs very… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Investing
Popular Investment Strategies: Which One is Better for Young Adults?
There are several different investment strategies, or styles, that conform to different risk-reward profiles. You’ve probably heard of these styles before. Generally speaking, there are three major styles: growth, value, and income. Find out which one is best for young adults.… Continue Reading
Steps to Start Investing
Jumping directly from noninvestor to investor is a very big leap, one which is often understated. The decisions you make right now really will affect the rest of your life. So start slow…the markets will be there tomorrow. Here’s a quick survival guide for new investors who want to make the leap.… Continue Reading
Common Conservative Investments
Risk and reward follow one another. It feels great to make money, but terrible to lose it. After several years of rising stock prices, it’s easy to think that money just grows on trees. All it takes is one look back at 2009 to see just how bad things can get. Conservative investments have a place in everyone’s portfolio, just as riskier investments do, too.… Continue Reading
How Much Risk Should Young Investors Take
There is a positive correlation between risk and reward. Higher risks bring higher returns. Lower risks bring low returns. Each day you hold onto dollars, you become poorer. Over time, inflation destroys the purchasing power of your savings. A dollar today might be worth only $.70 in purchasing power a decade from today.… Continue Reading
Why Seller’s Concessions are Popular
There is this famous phrase that gets bandied about in the housing market called a “seller’s concession.” It is not a hot dog stand out in front of an open house. It’s also not the seller signing away his first born to a new home buyer. If you are in the home buying or selling market, you want to know exactly what a seller’s concession is and how it can help you.… Continue Reading
Most Famous Investors (and why they are famous)
If you work on Wall Street, you might just think you’re a rock star, but the truth is that hundreds of thousands of people work in finance, and only a few become household names. Here are some of the most famous investors who rocked the market with their investing savvy:… Continue Reading
Lessons From 1 1/2 Years of Aggressive Investing
March has come and gone and not only does it mean that spring weather is here, it also means that it has been approximately one and a half years since I started investing aggressively. A year and a half ago was the time when my wife and I started to make a little extra money – giving us enough to actually start investing. At the beginning, I didn’t really know what I was doing – at all. This isn’t an exaggeration. But, I’ve learned very important lessons that I wanted to share with all of you.… Continue Reading
Say Hello to the Monarch
Smart people are like that fourth generation of the monarch: they know the right things to do and the right places to go, even though nobody before them showed them the way or even did it themselves. They know sometimes it’s a struggle and not all have the strength to make it, but those that do are the champions of the species.… Continue Reading
What Type of Return Should You Expect from Stock Market?
What’s the stock market going to give you if you invest today and hold for 40 years? If I had the answer to that, I would be a billionaire in the making. No one knows exactly, but there are a few ways to get a reasonable answer. At the end of the day, that’s all we should expect. A reasonable answer allows for good retirement planning because all we can do as savers is plan conservatively and let everything else fall into place.… Continue Reading
