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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Passive and active investing are two ways to make investment returns in the stock market. Since my first job in finance, I’ve always actively invested some of my funds to chase unicorns. The question is: what is the best split between passive and active investing in the stock market? If you are only a passive
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A number of people have asked me to share some different investment strategies for different life stages. What I’ll do is highlight the various investment strategies I think make sense for most people, discuss a couple more alternative investment strategies, and round up what strategy I think is most appropriate by life stage. We all
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When stock markets are at record highs, you need to be careful. The last thing you want to do is invest and lose a lot of money. When valuations are high, stocks are priced for perfection. And when stocks unwind, they unwind hard as the stampede tries to get out. There’s only one thing worse
