There is a never-ending debate between real estate versus stocks as a better investment. Currently, ~42% of my net worth is in real estate while ~40% of my net worth is in stocks, so it’s relatively balanced. Perhaps the main reason why is because I believe real estate is less risky than stocks. As an […]
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In general, buying stocks on margin is a bad idea. You could lose all your initial investment if the stock suddenly drops and you have no way to meet your margin call. In addition, you are already paying a margin interest rate. However, the idea of buying stocks on margin has increased due to a
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Empower (previously Personal Capital) is a Silicon Valley digital wealth management company that launched in September, 2011 by former Intuit and PayPal CEO Bill Harris. If you are wondering, should I use a wealth management company like Empower, I think the answer is “yes.” I have been using Empower’s free wealth management tools since 2012. Partly due
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Let me share why I dislike investing in the stock market even in good times. Times are good now because we’re near all-time highs after a scary March 2020. Corporate earnings are rebounding. The economy is opening up. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The problem with the stock market is that
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We are no longer in a rising interest rate environment after inflation peaked in 2022. However, learning how to invest and profit in a rising interest rate environment. If you do, you will invest better, make more money, and lose less money. For background, I’ve been investing since 1995, worked in finance for 13 years,
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In the never-ending desire to get rich quick, Reddit investors are the new kings and queens of day trading. Back in college, I was a degenerate day trader who bet on stocks between classes, partially based on what I read on message forums. More than 25 years later, it is fascinating to see forum-based trading
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Do you have contingency plans fo a digital bank run? If not, perhaps you should. The markets are extremely frothy again and another downturn could happen. If there is a downturn, there will be another digital bank run that will put pressure on the money market system. It happened in March 2020, it may happen
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Do you know who missed out on great growth stocks like Apple, Netflix, Google, Meta, NVIDIA and more over the last 10-20 years? Dividend stock investors. For younger investors (under 40), I believe it’s better to invest mostly in growth stocks over dividend stocks. With growth stocks, you increase your chances of accumulating more capital
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Looking for Robinhood alternatives? You’ve come to the right place as a DIY investor. Robinhood is an online brokerage house that steals from the poor (retail investors) and gives to the rich (hedge funds). Robinhood doesn’t charge its users a fee. But it sells its order flow to hedge funds and other institutional investors. When
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Let me say up front that day trading is a waste of time and money. You are much better off investing in long-term trends and dominant companies that are consistently growing their earnings and dividends. Day trading is the exact opposite of buy and hold investing. I first started day trading in college. It was
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