The Investing Secrets of Billionaires
It's not exactly exciting, but it's a proven strategy: Hit a lot of 'singles' and 'doubles'. Today's Stocks & Topics: Limited Partnership, Why Not to Trust Annuities, Fall of Prices, Retirement at 62, Russia, ETFs vs. Mutual Funds, ETFs, 401k, Retirement, Young Investor, Roth IRA, Gold, Investments.
46m Jan 19, 2015
46m
China Beckons American Investors
The world's hottest stock exchange is made of securities that neither you, nor your favorite manager or index fund, has ever bought. Today's Stocks & Topics: Dividend Reinvestment, Copper, Social Security, Collapsing Prices, FCX - Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Technical Analysis, Short Term Investments, UCO - ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil, CNX - Consol Energy Inc., ITC - ITC Holdings Corp., OIH...
48m Jan 17, 2015
48m
How Investments Could Fare If Deflation Fears Worsen
With a sustained decline in prices for goods and services, the rules of the investing game change. Today's Stocks & Topics: KMI - Kinder Morgan Inc., Volatility, Day Trading, Swing Trading, Low Paying Jobs, CCF - Chase Corp., Private Equity Trust, The Stock Market, JPM - JPMorgan Chase & Co., TWTR - Twitter Inc.
45m Jan 16, 2015
45m
The Boom and Bust of Cheaper Oil
What is all the concern surrounding oil, and why are markets apparently moving to the oil beat? Today's Stocks & Topics: Earnings Per Share, SO - Southern Co., Retail Sales, Federal Reserve Beige Book, Lifetime Interest, NLY - Annaly Capital Management Inc., Interview with award-winning comedian AND an award-winning financial mind, Peter Dunn, aka Pete The Planner, HACK - FactorShares Trust Pu...
45m Jan 15, 2015
45m
3 Lies Young Investors Tell Themselves
These can be some of the most powerful investing years of your life, but wrong ideas get in the way. Today's Stocks & Topics: A Funds, Cheap Oil, World Bank, Successful Retirees, DISCA - Discovery Communications Inc. Series A, Home Builders, VHT - Vanguard Health Care ETF, VNQ - Vanguard REIT ETF, YHOO - Yahoo! Inc., TGE - TGC Industries Inc., TGT - Target Corp.
45m Jan 14, 2015
45m
Smart 401(k) Investing - Rebalancing Your Portfolio
Take another look, you may find that your asset allocation no longer provides the balance of growth and return that you want. Today's Stocks & Topics: Futures, Earnings Season, Oil, Retirement, Investments, Oil, TWTR - Twitter Inc., GBX - Greenbrier Cos. Inc., GGN - GAMCO Global Gold Natural Resources & Income Trust, UNG - United States Natural Gas Fund L.P., HAL - Halliburton Co., EOX - Emera...
45m Jan 13, 2015
45m
How to Make The Best Use of the 'Time' Factor
The element of time can nearly always trump all other investing factors, and can dictate the makeup of your portfolio. Today's Stocks & Topics: Sitting Dollars, 5 Questions to Predict if Your Will Be a Millionaire, Gold, Where is the Big Money?, McDonald's, A & B Shares, Bond Funds, Investments & Taxes, The Stock Market, 401k, Dividends, Ethical Investments, International Markets, IRAs.
47m Jan 09, 2015
47m
Tactics for Combating Low Bond Yields
The ongoing drip-drop downward of interest rates has sent fixed-income investors scrambling in all different directions. Today's Stocks & Topics: Healthcare Industry, Social Security Changes, Housing Market, Tax Preparation, 401k to IRA, IBM - International Business Machines Corp., Financial Advisor Options, YHOO - Yahoo! Inc., Long Term Muni-Bonds, MNKD - MannKind Corp., RIG - Transocean Ltd.
47m Jan 09, 2015
47m
Six Investment Mistakes To Avoid In 2015
From investing on emotion to chasing past returns . . . if you follow what feels good you are usually going to do the wrong thing.Today's Stocks & Topics: Coverdell I-R-A, Live Debt Free, Avoiding IRA Mistakes, Slow Down Aging, Moving Average, Roth IRA, First Time Investor, Roll Overs, 401k, Brokers, Retirement, Investing, 200 Day Moving Average, Interest Rates.
47m Jan 08, 2015
47m
Trends That Could Impact Your 2015
The year saw significant changes in the investment landscape. How will those shape what you do in 2015? Today's Stocks & Topics: Tracking ETFs, AAPL - Apple Inc., Strong Dollar, Bear Market & Crude Oil, CHL - China Mobile Ltd., EA - Electronic Arts Inc., Roth IRA, ERJ - Embraer S/A ADS.
47m Jan 07, 2015
47m
Will 2015 Be A Year Of Change?
Investors speak out about fixing bad habits for 2015.  For others it's all about staying the course. Today's Stocks & Topics: New Investor, Dish Network, Predictions for 2015, ETFs, DON - WisdomTree Trust MidCap Dividend, USO - United States Oil Fund LP, NVDA - NVIDIA Corp., HAIN - Hain Celestial Group Inc.
45m Jan 06, 2015
45m
Are You Overestimating The Market?
The average investor believes this has been a particularly powerful bull market in stocks this year. Today's Stocks & Topics: New Investor, Reverse Mortgage & Retirement, Sectors in 2015, First Time Investor, Net Income, Mutual Funds vs. ETFs, Life Insurance, 401k, Personal Finance, Technical Analysis, Stocks Adjustments, Roth IRA.
46m Jan 02, 2015
46m
Pay off your mortgage or invest?
In the perennial personal finance debate over whether you should pay off your mortgage or invest your savings, some take a firm stand. Today's Stocks & Topics: Earnings Projections, Dividends, Swiss Announce Negative Interest Rates, Reverse Mortgage, 5 Questions to Predict if Your Will Be a Millionaire, Retirement, Oil, High Yield, When to Sell, Roth IRA, TEchnical Analisys, 401(k), Cash Reser...
46m Jan 01, 2015
46m
Don't Repeat the Same Investing Mistakes Next Year
If you are like many investors, your returns this year weren't what they could have been. Here are some of the possible reasons. Today's Stocks & Topics: Old Stocks, IRA Rules, Interest Rates, GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc., ORCL - Oracle Corp., Exchange Traded Notes vs. Exchange Traded Funds, 401k vs. 403B.
45m Jan 01, 2015
45m
Investors Feeling Cocky at End of 2014
It's almost fair to believe that a monkey, throwing darts at different asset classes, would have assembled a decent portfolio this year. Today's Stocks & Topics: 401k Funds, Index Funds, Biggest Money Mistakes, Don’t Buy Last Year’s Winners, LL - Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc., INGR - Ingredion Inc., KNDI - Kandi Technologies Group Inc., KR - Kroger Co., GMCR - Keurig Green Mountain Inc., Ro...
44m Dec 31, 2014
44m
Warren Buffett - The Difference Between Stock Trading and Investing
So often we think there's no difference between stock trading and investing. But Warren Buffett wants us to think again. Today's Stocks & Topics: Dividends, Home Improvements, Greece, 10 things not to buy in 2015, Target Date Funds, Retirement, TCP - TC PipeLines L.P. vs. WPZ - Williams Partners L.P., CAT - Caterpillar Inc.
46m Dec 30, 2014
46m
How To Invest In Bonds
Bonds can offer capital preservation. Unless the company goes bankrupt, you can be certain you'll get back your orignal investment. Today's Stocks & Topics: Right Time to Invest, Bad Economy?, Oil Prices & The Stock Market, Year End Taxes, Universal Life Insurance, Early Retirement, Small Caps, Credit Card Debt, Investing, Bonds, The Stock Market.
46m Dec 26, 2014
46m
Self-Directed IRA: The Right Move For You?
To understand whether a self-directed IRA is right for you, you must first understand exactly what it is – and isn’t - and how to avoid the pitfalls. Today's Stocks & Topics: Oil Prices, Airlines ETFs, Retail Sales, Financial Plan for Retirement, U.S. Debt, 529-Plan, Gas Prices, Trading Information, Mutual Funds, Investing at Old Age, Retirement, Economic Value.
48m Dec 25, 2014
48m
Are 401(k) Plans Setting Up Millennials for Pain?
Target date funds could be steering some toward a date with disaster. Today's Stocks & Topics: Index Funds, Panic Selling, Retail Sales in November, U.S. Debt, Fracking, Closed-End Funds, Target-date Funds, Mutual Funds, GNP: Gross National Product, Dividens, I-R-A, Hedge Funds, Warrants, Financial Analysis, Secondary Market.
46m Dec 24, 2014
46m
Six Investment Mistakes To Avoid In 2015
From investing on emotion to chasing past returns . . . if you follow what feels good you are usually going to do the wrong thing. Today's Stocks & Topics: Coverdell I-R-A, Avoiding IRA Mistakes, GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc., SAFM - Sanderson Farms Inc., XOM - Exxon Mobil Corp., MNTX - Manitex International Inc., Moving Average, The Stock Market, CFX - Colfax Corp.
48m Dec 24, 2014
48m
Don't Get Suckered By Investing Scams
There are a million of them out there.  And they'll keep trying to take our money as long as we'll let them. Today's Stocks & Topics: GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc., Crisis in Russia, The Fed, Worst Mistakes at Any Age, CORE - Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc., RIG - Transocean Ltd., USO - United States Oil Fund LP, Day Trading.
45m Dec 23, 2014
45m
Are You Overestimating The Market?
The average investor believes this has been a particularly powerful bull market in stocks this year. Today's Stocks & Topics: New Investor, Reverse Mortgage & Retirement, Sectors in 2015, AAPL - Apple Inc., DLR - Digital Realty Trust Inc., First Time Investor, MZOR - Mazor Robotics Ltd. ADS, FB - Facebook Inc. Cl A, IEMM - iShares PLC iShares MSCI Emerging Markets.
44m Dec 20, 2014
44m
Pay off your mortgage or invest?
In the perennial personal finance debate over whether you should pay off your mortgage or invest your savings, some take a firm stand. Today's Stocks & Topics: Swiss Announce Negative Interest Rates, Reverse Mortgage, 5 Questions to Predict if Your Will Be a Millionaire, SILC - Silicom Ltd., AAPL - Apple Inc., SYK - Stryker Corp., Oil, CERS - Cerus Corp., BA - Boeing Co.
45m Dec 19, 2014
45m
How to Make The Best Use of the 'Time' Factor
The element of time can nearly always trump all other investing factors, and can dictate the makeup of your portfolio. Today's Stocks & Topics: Sitting Dollars, 5 Questions to Predict if Your Will Be a Millionaire, Gold, Where is the Big Money?, CHTRX - Invesco Charter Fund, FSLR - First Solar Inc., IBM - International Business Machines Corp., NEWM - New Media Investment Group Inc., WTW - Weig...
45m Dec 19, 2014
45m
The Investing Secrets of Billionaires
It's not exactly exciting, but it's a proven strategy: Hit a lot of 'singles' and 'doubles'. Today's Stocks & Topics: Limited Partnership, Why Not to Trust Annuities, Fall of Prices, Retirement at 62, ETFs vs. Mutual Funds, UL - Unilever PLC ADS, PG - Procter & Gamble Co., TLT - iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF, RIG - Transocean Ltd., ETFs.
45m Dec 17, 2014
45m
Is Your Mutual Fund Liquid Enough?
Mutual funds are intended to be mom-and-pop financial products - easy to buy and easy to sell, quickly. Today's Stocks & Topics: Return on Investment & Real Estate, Empire State Index, Oil Prices, GNRC - Generac Holdings Inc., NGLS - Targa Resources Partners L.P, GOOG - Google Inc. Cl C, Mutual Funds, OKS - ONEOK Partners L.P., CWCO - Consolidated Water Co. Inc.
45m Dec 16, 2014
45m
How To Invest In Bonds
Bonds can offer capital preservation. Unless the company goes bankrupt, you can be certain you'll get back your orignal investment. Today's Stocks & Topics: Right Time to Invest, Bad Economy?, Oil Prices & The Stock Market, Year End Taxes, TZA - Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3x Shares, Universal Life Insurance, CVX - Chevron Corp., Early Retirement, Small Caps, CEL - Cellcom Israel Ltd.
45m Dec 13, 2014
45m
Self-Directed IRA: The Right Move For You?
To understand whether a self-directed IRA is right for you, you must first understand exactly what it is – and isn’t - and how to avoid the pitfalls.Today's Stocks & Topics: Oil Prices, Airlines ETFs, Retail Sales, Gas Prices, Financial Plan for Retirement, U.S. Debt, Oil & Electric Cars, HES - Hess Corp., EWZ - iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF, 529-Plan.
47m Dec 12, 2014
47m
Are 401(k) Plans Setting Up Millennials for Pain?
Target date funds could be steering some toward a date with disaster.Today's Stocks & Topics: Index Funds, Penicillin, Retail Sales, RIO - Rio Tinto PLC ADS, U.S. Debt, Fracking, GGN - GAMCO Global Gold Natural Resources & Income Trust, Closed-End Funds, TNH - Terra Nitrogen Co. L.P., Target-date Funds, Mutual Funds, GNP: Gross National Product, SDT - SandRidge Mississippian Trust.
45m Dec 11, 2014
45m
4-Step Checklist to Evaluate Any Mutual Fund.
There's a whole list of mutual funds offered in your 401(k) plan. Which ones you should trust with your retirement savings? Today's Stocks & Topics: Retirement, Mortgages, Ideal Budget, Jeffrey Gundlach, Oil & Gold Investments, IRDM - Iridium Communications Inc., Stock Value, WWAV - WhiteWave Foods Co., GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc., ANET - Arista Networks Inc.
45m Dec 10, 2014
45m
7 Steps to Start Investing as a Millennial
Among stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs and more, it can be difficult for young investors to decide. Today's Stocks & Topics: Institutional Ownership, Oil Industry, Tech Sector, Direct Purchase Plan, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, Oil & Energy Stocks, CPRT - Copart Inc., Investing, YHOO - Yahoo! Inc., VNR - Vanguard Natural Resources LLC.
45m Dec 09, 2014
45m
Is It The Right Time For REITs?
Since mid-2009 through today REITs have returned around 214% compared with 151% for the S&P 500 and 149% for the Russell 2000. Today's Stocks & Topics: Yukos Restitutions, Oil Reserves in the U.S., U.S. Debt, 10 Biggest Risks to the Stock Market in 2015, BCS - Barclays PLC ADS, Stock Exchanges, Profits, TASR - TASER International Inc., GGN - GAMCO Global Gold Natural Resources & Income Trust, ...
44m Dec 06, 2014
44m
Companies Taking More Risk In Search of Yield
Amid low interest rates and money market reforms, companies seek better returns on their cash.  Should investors be paying attention? Today's Stocks & Topics: HE - Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., PG - Procter & Gamble Co., 30 Year Mortgage, China Bigger than USA, Deflation, OKE - ONEOK Inc., HYLD - AdvisorShares Peritus High Yield ETF, S - Sprint Corp., SNY - Sanofi ADS, Earnings, Mutual Fu...
45m Dec 05, 2014
45m
The Dangers of Investing Outside the Box
Nontraditional or alternative investments are becoming increasingly popular, but are investors sufficiently informed? Today's Stocks & Topics: Junk Bonds, World’s Five Most Corrupt Countries, CXW - Corrections Corp. of America, Six Ways to Increase Your retirement Income, Dividends, GE - General Electric Co., VZ - Verizon Communications Inc., APD - Air Products & Chemicals Inc., Year End Inves...
45m Dec 04, 2014
45m
4 Ways Diversification Can Hurt Your Portfolio
With hyper-diversified portfolios, investors can be lulled into a false sense of security. Today's Stocks & Topics: Long Term Care Insurance, OPEC, Oil Drillers, Oil Prices, EVEP - EV Energy Partners L.P., TEL - TE Connectivity Ltd., QCOM - Qualcomm Inc.
45m Dec 03, 2014
45m
How To Build A Long-Term Mutual Fund Portfolio
Not all asset classes or investment vehicles are suitable -- and for good reason.Today's Stocks & Topics: Oil Prices, Japan, Black Friday, LYB - LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Cl A, GGN - GAMCO Global Gold Natural Resources & Income Trust, CVS - CVS Health Corp., MNST - Monster Beverage Corp., Retirement.
46m Dec 02, 2014
46m
A Leash On The Bull
Why you should invest cautiously despite all the talk about the mother of all bull runs.Today's Stocks & Topics: Financial Advisors, Germany & The Recession, U.S. Oil, Investing, How to Succeed in Any Market, Long Short Equity Funds, Stock Evaluation, Unusual Expectetions, College Savings Plans, I-Bonds, Emerging Markets, Financial Advisors.
46m Nov 28, 2014
46m
5 Steps to Rebalance Your Portfolio
Instead of breaking down your assets by account, maybe you should think of them all as one big pie.Today's Stocks & Topics: A Share Mutual Funds, Part Time Workers, Wal-Mart, Foreclosure, Bank Stocks, Stocks Investing, Pull Back, Trading, I-R-As, How to Invest?, Buying Foreclosures.
46m Nov 27, 2014
46m
Investing in Emerging Market Real Estate
Increasing global economic integration makes the opportunities in international real estate investment more compelling than ever before.Today's Stocks & Topics: 401k, Dividends, George Mitchell, State Capitalism, GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc., Roth IRA, PBR - Petroleo Brasileiro, QCOM - Qualcomm Inc., PM - Philip Morris International Inc., HYLD - AdvisorShares Peritus High Yield ETF, BIIB - Bioge...
46m Nov 27, 2014
46m
Why The Average Investor's Return Is So low
The latest data shows an average blend of equities and fixed-income mutual funds has garnered only a 2.6% net return.Today's Stocks & Topics: Mutual Funds, 12B1, OPEC, Record iPhone Demand for the Holyday Season, Mortgage, State Capitalism, INTC - Intel Corp., GILD - Gilead Sciences Inc., HAL - Halliburton Co., SIR - Select Income REIT, GPRO - GoPro Inc.
46m Nov 26, 2014
46m
What Men and Women Could Teach Each Other About Investing
One gender simply outperforms the other at investing. By a full 2% points.  Why?Today's Stocks & Topics: Reversion to the Mean, 401k Allocation, Big Investors & Housing Market, Retirement Benefits in 2015, VA - Virgin America Inc., Oil, TRUE - TrueCar Inc., KMI - Kinder Morgan Inc., BABA - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
46m Nov 25, 2014
46m
Improving The Odds For Buy and Hold Investors
Some talk of the death of  'buy & hold' investing.  It's still alive and well, but does need some care and feeding.Today's Stocks & Topics: GSK - GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADS, IBM - International Business Machines Corp., M&A - Mergers and Acquisitions, ISRG - Intuitive Surgical Inc., 401k, Life Insurance, BP - BP PLC ADS.
46m Nov 22, 2014
46m
Solving The Asset Allocation Puzzle
Trying out asset mixes can show you where your portfolio shines – and where it doesn't.Today's Stocks & Topics: Covered Calls, Economic Data, P - Pandora Media Inc., Small & Mid Cap Indexes, Retirement Worries, Dividends, WAG - Walgreen Co., GPOR - Gulfport Energy Corp., IPCM - IPC The Hospitalist Co. Inc., Taxes.
46m Nov 21, 2014
46m
Should You Join The March Back To India?
A survey shows that 53% of world business leaders polled planned to enter or expand their operations there.Today's Stocks & Topics: Selling Short, The Fed, Long Term Care, I-R-A, SWN - Southwestern Energy Co., SYY - Sysco Corp., Investing.
46m Nov 20, 2014
46m
Invest Like A Pro
Why do certain investment companies do better than others and survive unsettled markets?Today's Stocks & Topics: Stocks Data, Long Term Care Insurance, Where Else to Invest?, Mid Cap Indexes, Retirement, Portfolio Rebalance, VFSTX - Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade Fund, Individual Bonds, Products Releases, MRK - Merck & Co. Inc., RHT - Red Hat Inc.
46m Nov 19, 2014
46m
Should You Beware of Alternative Mutual Funds?
The funds are appealing to investors looking to avoid market highs and lows, but watch out for the fees.Today's Stocks & Topics: Discount Brokers, Warnings Signs for Global Economy, Long Term Care Insurance, 10 Quotes from Warren Buffet, Industrial Output, SLB - Schlumberger Ltd., ETFs, BABA - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., PBR - Petroleo Brasileiro S/A ADS, IBM - International Business Machines C...
48m Nov 18, 2014
48m
A Leash On The Bull
Why you should invest cautiously despite all the talk about the mother of all bull runs. Today's Stocks & Topics: Financial Advisors, Germany & Recession, U.S. Oil, RAX - Rackspace Hosting Inc., INVN - InvenSense Inc., AMTD - TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., REGN - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., Investing, DDD - 3D Systems Corp.
46m Nov 15, 2014
46m
5 Steps to Rebalance Your Portfolio
Instead of breaking down your assets by account, maybe you should think of them all as one big pie. Today's Stocks & Topics: Share Mutual Funds, Part Time Workers, Wal-Mart, PETM - PETsMART Inc., Bank Stocks, CSIQ - Canadian Solar Inc., SEAS - SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., Stocks Investing.
46m Nov 14, 2014
46m
A Retirement Prep Checklist
Once you determine what will give you peace of mind in retirement, then you need to know how you can get there financially. Today's Stocks & Topics: HON - Honeywell International Inc., Gold, Europe Economy, Investing Strategy, GE - General Electric Co., Retirement, Jobs Report, GGN - GAMCO Global Gold Natural Resources & Income Trust, 529-Plan.
46m Nov 13, 2014
46m
How To Measure A Company’s Value To Its Shareholders
Shareholders need to accurately determine a company's true profits. Today's Stocks & Topics: GE - General Electric Co., RIG - Transocean Ltd., Low Mortgage Rates, Shopping Season, 529-Plans, I-R-A vs. Roth I-R-A, Pension Plan, Investing, FCX - Freeport-McMoRan Inc., PCLN - Priceline Group Inc., BP - BP PLC ADS.
46m Nov 12, 2014
46m