Investing

What is DRIP Investing and How Can it Grow Your Wealth?

by Glen Craig

A great deal of focus has been placed on dividend investing lately, and for good reason: Dividend stocks (especially dividend aristocrats) often have solid fundamentals, and can usually weather stock market downturns.  On top of that, you receive regular income from dividend stocks. Stocks that pay dividends are paying out portions of their profits to [...]

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Say Goodbye to Paper Bonds, Say Hello to Electronic Bonds

by Jon the Saver

You know those paper bonds that you got from Grandma and Grandpa as a kid?  Well kiss those goodbye!  Yup, as in non-existent.  It looks like the Treasury is being forced to make some serious cut backs and one of those cutbacks is physical United States savings bonds.  The Bureau of the Public Debt made [...]

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Buying Physical Gold: The Basics

by Miranda

Economic turmoil has many concerned about the future — including the future of the dollar. All of the talk about another round of quantitative easing has some worried that hyper-inflation is right around the corner.  Since gold is seen as a hedge against inflation, it isn’t surprising that some feel that physical gold is a [...]

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How to Change Your Stock Allocation for Value Informed Indexing in Response to Valuation Shifts

by Guest

I explained in an earlier article here (“A Better and Less Risky Way to Invest in Stocks”) why you need to take into consideration the price at which stocks are selling when setting your stock allocation.  Stocks offer lower returns and greater risk when purchased at high prices.  So those who go with higher stock [...]

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TD Ameritrade Online Stock Trading Review

by Glen Craig

Stock trading has come a long way in just over a generation and TD Ameritrade has been a part of that history for more than forty years. It was only thirty years ago that stock trading was still done by calling a stock broker who called a specialist who took part in an auction process [...]

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The Best Online Discount Brokerages for Cheap Trades

by Glen Craig

Do you recall the days when you needed to call up a stock broker in order to make a stock trade?  And you needed to make the trade in a “round lot” (you had to buy 100 shares)?  Did I just date myself?  Thanks to the internet that’s no longer the case and it’s easy [...]

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What You CAN’T Hold in an IRA

by Jon the Saver

We hear a lot about what we CAN hold within our individual IRA accounts, but never anything about what we CAN’T hold within them.  A Roth IRA or Traditional IRA is an appealing financial vehicle since you have a wide range of choices versus something like a 401(k) plan where you are limited to a [...]

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Investing: Why Boring is Good

by Miranda

In many ways, we are conditioned to believe that anything boring is undesirable. However, in some cases, “boring” can be a good thing.  I like to think that investing is one of those things that can be better when it’s boring, rather than exciting.  I consider myself a rather boring investor, focusing mainly on index [...]

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TradeKing Online Discount Brokerage | Review

by Glen Craig

Putting your trust into an investment website can be somewhat scary. How do you know if they are really trustworthy with your money and investments?  TradeKing discount online brokerage may be the place for you.  Let’s take a look at what makes TradeKing great in this review. At TradeKing.com, you do not need to have [...]

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What Should I Look For in Bargain Stocks?

by Guest

Don’t we all wish that we had bought Apple Computers (NASDAQ:AAPL) in 2003 for $7/share (currently touching $400/share) or my all time favorite, Hansen Natural (NASDAQ:HANS) that could be bought for 50 cents/share just 8 years ago and now currently sells for $80/share! These stocks were bargains in the hindsight but if you were investing [...]

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