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Behavioral Investing – Anger or Denial?
Today’s link touches on behavioral investing and comes from Damien Hoffman (Wall St Cheat Sheet) via Barry Ritholz (The Big Picture). Basically, this graphic describes a “market cycle”, which is based on the feelings of investors during certain stages of … Continue reading
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1,000,000 saved is 40,000 earned…
When is retirement a luxury you cannot afford? According to Kiplinger Magazine, when you’ve saved $1,000,000! “Considering that saving $1 million will only amount to about $40,000 per year for the average retiree (assuming you stick to a widely accepted … Continue reading
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Tagged 401k, retirement
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Look out Below!
Drastically falling market prices, such as the ones we saw today, highlight the need for individual investors to use stop-loss orders. Placing “stops” means that you are entering a limit order to sell your stock. The “limit” is the price … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Market Trends
Tagged flash crash, stop loss orders
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Is Your Financial Advisor a Yes Man
Recently, I posted an article from CNN Money to our Twitter account (@investsafely) regarding investment advisors, titled “Do you have a yes-man problem when it comes to financial advice?” To summarize, the article covered a study on investment advisor bias. … Continue reading
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Tagged financial advise, financial advisor, investment advice, investment advisor, personal finance
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Fidelty Investments Save You Money
Fidelity Investments lowered the boom on trading commissions. Schwab was the first to lowered online trading fees for equity trades by more than 30% to $8.95. Click here to read the full article from Barron’s – Has a New Price … Continue reading
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Tagged commissions, investment broker, online trading
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Someone is Stealing from Your 401k!
Do you know that right now, someone is stealing from your 401k? And you are letting them! Cost control is an important concept for safe investing. But when it comes to your 401k, a majority of the fees and expenses … Continue reading
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Tagged 401k, IRA
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