Investment
Investing should be easy – just buy low and sell high – but most of us have trouble following that simple advice. There are principles and strategies that may enable you to put together an investment portfolio that reflects your risk tolerance, time horizon, and goals. Understanding these principles and strategies can help you avoid some of the pitfalls that snare some investors.
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
All about how missing the best market days (or the worst!) might affect your portfolio.
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The Junk Drawer Approach to Investing
It's easy to let investments accumulate like old receipts in a junk drawer.
Best-Performing Asset Classes
Bonds may outperform stocks one year only to have stocks rebound the next.
Inflation and Your Portfolio
Even low inflation rates can pose a threat to investment returns.
Best-Performing Asset Classes
Bonds may outperform stocks one year only to have stocks rebound the next.
How Stocks Work
Understanding how a stock works is key to understanding your investments.
Financial fixes: Beware of market bubbles
Ideas on how to build a solid investment portfolio.
Types of insurance business owners often overlook
Protecting yourself in your personal life can help protect your business in the long term.
Risk Perspective
Is it possible to avoid loss? Not entirely, but you can attempt to manage risk.
Emotional vs. Strategic Decisions
Information vs. instinct. Are your choices based on evidence of emotion?
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Inflation and Your Portfolio
Even low inflation rates can pose a threat to investment returns.
The Fed and How It Got That Way
Here is a quick history of the Federal Reserve and an overview of what it does.
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times
All about how missing the best market days (or the worst!) might affect your portfolio.
The Junk Drawer Approach to Investing
It's easy to let investments accumulate like old receipts in a junk drawer.
From Boats to Brokers
From the Dutch East India Company to Wall St., the stock market has a long and storied history.
The Business Cycle
How will you weather the ups and downs of the business cycle?
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