Why Asset Allocation is So Important

Why Asset Allocation is So Important

When it comes to investing, too many investors are focused on hitting home runs, in other words, doubling the value of their investments overnight. To do this, they take on too much risk and when the market drops, they lose everything. Frustrated, they claim the stock...

Should You Invest In An IPO?

When it comes to investing, we all want to hit the home run. Not many people are interested in buying shares of General Electric and holding them for decades, earning a decent return along the way. No we want to buy a stock and see its price double by next weekend....
Best Way to Track Your Net Worth

Best Way to Track Your Net Worth

Almost two years ago I started tracking our net worth. I had seen many of my blogging friends track their net worth from month to month, and began to realize how beneficial it is to track. For those of you who aren’t currently tracking your net worth, odds are...
Motivations For Saving For Retirement

Motivations For Saving For Retirement

A quick internet search shows that college grads are still barely saving anything for retirement. And how can you blame them? Aside from the difficulty in finding a job and high student loan repayments, the fact that retirement is decades away gives many the false...
How Investments are Taxed

How Investments are Taxed

Never does a year go by without a more complicated tax code. The complete tax code now stands at more than 76,000 pages and millions of words. Investors have to deal with quite a few different tax rules, laws, and policies. Let’s look at how different...
The Reality of Real Estate Investing

The Reality of Real Estate Investing

If you want to learn about rental real estate, you will find success stories about owning rental real estate on any online search or watching late night television. The people will talk about how it’s safer than investing in the stock market and how it is the...