5 Keys to Surviving a Terrifying Market
Comments Off1. Never Borrow Money to Invest One of the greatest economists in history once remarked, “Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.” Take the recent case of the most royal of blue chips, General Electric and Berkshire Hathaway. Within the past year, GE has fallen from roughly $40 per share to as [...]
Frictional Expenses: The Hidden Investment Tax
Few investors are aware of the tremendous damage so-called frictional expenses impose on investment performance. By merely reducing these expenses, you may be able to significantly increase your long-term rate of return by lowering your overall cost basis. Commissions and Fees The most frequent frictional expense is brokerage commissions and fees. Thankfully, with the [...]
To Improve Your Chances of Beating the Market – Analyze it as a Stock
Comments OffOne great and useful tip to help you beat the market is to value each major index as if it were an actual stock. For example, what is the price-to-earnings ratio? What is the return on equity, return on assets, and capitalization structure? What is the growth rate of earnings over the past decade? What [...]
Frictional Expenses: The Hidden Investment Tax
Few investors are aware of the tremendous damage so-called frictional expenses impose on investment performance. By merely reducing these expenses, you may be able to significantly increase your long-term rate of return by lowering your overall cost basis. Commissions and Fees The most frequent frictional expense is brokerage commissions and fees. Thankfully, with the advent [...]
End of post for Types of Market Orders !
Congratulations! You’ve reached the end of the stock trading tutorial postings. You now have the basic building blocks to help you make better decisions for your portfolio. This handy summary will serve as a cheat sheet in the future: · Market orders guarantee execution but not price. · Limit orders guarantee price but not execution. [...]
