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The Dividend Trap
hear from clients and prospects all the time, a desire to purchase a handful of high-dividend yielding stocks with the intention of spending the income in retirement. Other than the obvious...
View Article10 Investor Mistakes
Common investment mistakes lose you money. Investors achieve success by not making mistakes rather than by picking winners. It is tempting to try beat the market and take unwise risks, or pay Wall...
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Are you a Trader or an Investor?
While browsing Netflix this weekend, I came across the documentary, Floored, about the impact of computer trading on the Chicago futures exchanges. Historically, floor traders have risked their own...
View ArticleInsuring The Unlikely
Insurers bill variable annuities protecting your savings from downturns in the stock market. This is an easy sales pitch to investors who have experienced two major bear markets since 2000. But is...
View ArticleWhat is a Growth Stock?
Recently, stock market darlings such as Google (GOOG), Apple (AAPL), and Chipotle (CMG) have missed their earnings expectations, leading to significant declines in their stocks prices. Many people...
View ArticleInvestor New Year’s Resolutions
Most American New Year’s resolutions focus on diets and losing weight. Maybe there are a few about career, relationships, and general self-improvement. I doubt there are many resolutions about becoming...
View ArticleResisting the Do It Yourself Mentality
Do-it-yourself stock picking is not the way to become rich. Some investors actually do increase their wealth this way, but they are in the minority. The truth is that, even for Wall Street gurus,...
View ArticleGlobal Market Performance – April 2013
On a monthly basis, I check the performance of several global market indices. I do this for several reasons; mostly to ensure that client portfolios are performing as expected. I do not perform this...
View ArticleWhat is the Dow Jones Industrial Average Anyway?
It’s the most commonly quoted stock market index, but what is the Dow Jones Industrial Average anyway? The Dow recently crossed 15,000 for the first time and continues to reach all-time highs. This...
View ArticleGlobal Market Performance – May 2013
The following is a summary of global market performance through May 31, 2013. Refer to the April 2013 Global Market Performance update to find out how and why these market indexes are chosen....
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