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Every investment guru has his or her own bit of investment advice for those who need to learn how to start investing. When I first started, the word on the street was to look at a fund’s past performance when deciding to buy a mutual fund.  For instance, to help people choose the right mutual [...]

With such a wide variety of investment products available, it can be confusing to know what exactly to invest in — even with easy-to-manage investments like mutual funds.  Investors have a huge range of styles — from conservative to aggressive, and everything in between.  Of course when trying to pick mutual funds, an investor wants [...]

Since exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were launched more than a decade ago, the trend in investing has been towards low-cost investing. People are shunning investments which charge an arm and a leg to do something many people feel they could do more easily and cost-effectively. This is the result of increased competition in the investment world [...]

The following is a list of top discount brokers focused on cheap online stock trading for active traders. It is sorted from the lowest commission cost to the highest. Recommended brokers are selected based on users’ votes and reviews. In addition, special offers and features for these discount brokers are listed to help you decide. [...]

I was recently looking at some stats regarding the US Market (Wilshire 5000 Total Return index).  As of February 28, 2010, over the last 10 years the market return was 0.1%. Hmmm. That’s not very high. That means for the last ten years, if you invested in the Wilshire 5000 you would have almost nothing [...]

A common lesson from a children’s story book has become one of the guiding principles for investing: “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” But lately, I’ve come across a few articles where people are questioning the wisdom of diversification. Today, we are going to ask the question – could you make more money [...]

Seems these days everyone has an opinion on how to make money in the stock market. Only now it’s not just the stock market, there is options, foreign exchange, commodities and bonds. And it’s no longer just investing or trading. There’s swing trading, position trading, income investing and dividend investing. Yet I’ve barely scratched the [...]

Investing works best if you set it and forget it.  However, at least once a year every investor should set aside some time to review their investment activities from the previous year.  February is a great time to do this investment review because if you wait too long you’ll find yourself in the thick of [...]

There’s no shame in admitting it: It’s possible to make it through college and into the real world without having the first idea about investing, money management, or anything that deals even remotely with finances. But thanks to the growing number of Web sites and online tools devoted to fiscal responsibility, it’s easier than ever [...]

A mutual fund represents money contributed by multiple investors.  That money is managed by an individual, or more likely, a whole slew of individuals.  Not surprisingly, those folks who help manage and oversee your money do not do it on a volunteer basis.  They get paid.  Do you want to guess who pays them?  You [...]