What to Know About Quarterly Reports, Earnings, and Blackout Periods

Any person that takes investing seriously should have a good understanding of the basics behind investing and what makes a good investment. Unfortunately, figuring out what stocks, bonds, or equity…


Investments

Best Investments for a High Inflation Period

  There are many factors that affect the value of your returns as an investor, one of which is inflation. Investing your money strategically during periods of inflation can help you keep your…


Does Dollar Cost Averaging Work? Or Is It Just Another Marketing Gimmick?

As investors, we want to have minimum risk and, while doing so, maximize our returns. Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) is an investing strategy that many investing gurus will suggest for new investors. In…


Rule #1 Don't Lose Money Rule #2 Don't Forget Rule #1

This may be the most famous of all of the famous Buffett aphorisms. With his dry sense of humor, Buffett Says Rule #1 Don't Lose Money, then he quips, Rule #1 Don't forget rule #1.  One of the things…


Sleep at Night

You have to be Able to Sleep at Night

It almost goes without saying that emotional behavior leads to irrational and impulsive decisions that HURT your investment results.  Just look at the Magellan Fund that Peter Lynch ran at Fidelity.…