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The Motley Fool March 2, 2004 |
The Right Time to Invest We asked the following question: If one has limited savings, is it better to continue to save and invest in the market in a large sum, or to invest small amounts continuously and take the hit on commissions and fees?  |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Is Dollar-Cost Averaging for You? Dollar-cost averaging can be a good way to protect yourself from a volatile market. It's the practice of accumulating shares in a stock over time by investing a certain dollar amount regularly, through up and down periods.  |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2004 |
Why Reinvesting Dividends Rocks Many people might shrug their shoulders at the thought of reinvesting dividends, thinking they might as well just take those few dollars as cash and enjoy them. Wrong!  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2005 |
Small Is Good If you can only save a few dollars a week, you can -- and should -- still invest. Consider investing via dividend reinvestment plans ("Drips") -- they pack a punch.  |
The Motley Fool September 20, 2004 Mathew Emmert |
Dripping With Dividends Even if you're not looking for that quarterly paycheck, don't underestimate the power of dividend reinvestment. Harness this key growth enhancer for your portfolio, and start compounding your compound returns!  |
The Motley Fool October 28, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
Great Commercial. Good Broker? Investors, ignore the clever ad campaigns of brokerage firms and focus on what's best for your wallet. Here's a brief guide to choosing a broker.  |
The Motley Fool December 28, 2004 |
How to Invest $20 If you want to invest but have no money trees growing in your yard, you can still get started. Here's how.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Save Big Bucks When Investing Why spend more than you have to when investing? Here are some ways to enhance the power of your investing dollar.  |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2004 |
Dividend Growth Packs a Punch Dividend investing isn't necessarily slow-paced and boring.  |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Just Buy a Few Shares Don't think that buying fewer than 100 shares is costly. It needn't be.  |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Frequent Trading: Always Bad? Too much churning can burn you.  |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
7 Companies That Give Away Free Stock It sounds too good to be true, but dividend reinvestment plans offer shares at a discount.  |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2004 |
The Fewest Shares You Can Buy Did you know you can buy just one share of stock -- or even less -- at a time?  |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
No More Lame Excuses We've heard them all, so stop procrastinating and start investing. What matters the most is how much time you have to invest, not how much money you have.  |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
The Fewest Shares You Can Buy What's the smallest number of stock shares you can buy?  |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2004 |
Investing One Share at a Time Buy your favorite company in small amounts -- and keep down commissions -- with dividend reinvestment plans, commonly known as "Drips."  |
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Jeff Hwang |
A Costly Tech Buyback Selling options low and buying back shares high destroy Texas Instruments' value.  |
The Motley Fool March 12, 2004 |
Discount vs. Full-Price Brokers Why should you pay 10 times more for a stock trade?  |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
Invest Now. Seriously, Right Now. No more excuses. If you're not regularly putting money away, exactly what are you waiting for?  |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
$500 Shares Are More Affordable Than You Think A high price doesn't always leave an investment out of reach.  |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2004 |
Mutual Funds: Big Can Be Bad It can be hard to perform well when you simply have too much money to invest.  |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Top Tips for Successful Investors From the Women's Institute for Financial Education, here is advice on investing.  |
Entrepreneur January 2004 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Under Fire Is it still possible to invest without getting burned?  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
How to Open a Brokerage Account When you're ready to invest, you can do so easily. Tips on how to open a brokerage account.  |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2006 |
Brokerages and Minimums Look around, and you can find some low- or no-minimum brokerages.  |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
How Brokerages Stack Up Several brokerages earned high marks. How did yours do? Ameritrade... BrownCo, a unit of JPMorgan Chase... HARRISdirect... Power E*TRADE... etc.  |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
How Millionaires Are Born There's hope for the next generation when teens begin investing their money.  |
The Motley Fool April 15, 2004 |
Invest What You Can Afford Borrowing money to invest in the stock market might not be a good idea.  |
The Motley Fool May 5, 2004 Jeff Hwang |
On Cree's Buyback Cree, the semiconductor materials maker, has recently bought back around 4 million shares and with its most recent expansion authorizes the repurchase of 5.1 million additional shares.  |
The Motley Fool April 11, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Is Dollar-Cost Averaging for You? Discover the basics of slow-and-steady investing.  |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2004 Bill Mann |
Sickly Sweet Stock Split Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory splits a $13 stock "to increase shareholder value." But in this case, splitting the stock does nothing of the sort.  |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2004 |
Finding the Best Brokerage There might be a cheaper, better brokerage than the one you're using.  |
The Motley Fool April 5, 2004 |
60 Seconds to Your First Trade Details on finding, opening, and funding a discount brokerage account.  |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
Are You Ready to Invest? Ready? Set! Invest! Not so fast. First, here's a basic checklist of "to do's."  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Full-Service vs. Discount Brokers There isn't a great distinction between them anymore.  |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 |
60 Seconds to a Brokerage Account Five simple steps to choosing and setting up a brokerage account.  |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Should Brokers Get Overtime Pay? Commissions. That's an important word to consider when you think about how your broker may be serving you. For most investors, a solid online brokerage with low fees and a broad range of services is all one needs.  |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Big Brokerages Can Still Be Trouble Though times have changed, some things remain the same.  |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Which Brokerage Is Best? See which brokerages various investors use and recommend -- and why.  |
The Motley Fool December 26, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Kiss Your Brokerage Goodbye If you're fed up with your brokerage and don't like having to pay that commission every time you buy or sell a stock or mutual fund, know that you have some choices.  |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2004 Salim Haji |
Buffett Sells. Should You? Warren Buffett is clearly not finding many opportunities to invest the U.S. stock market today. Despite the fact that he has $27 billion of cash sitting idle, concerns about valuation are driving him to sell some stocks and increase that pile of cash. In doing so, he is sending a strong, clear message not only about the specific stocks he is selling, but also about the U.S. equity market in general.  |
The Motley Fool April 23, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Deciphering Ticker Tapes Ever wonder how to make sense of TV stock tickers, where you might see something like "PEP10.000s35.38"?  |
The Motley Fool July 22, 2004 |
Tackling Brokerage Minimums Don't think you can't open an account if you're not rich.  |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Switching Funds in an IRA How easy is it to move money from one fund to another, or from a fund to stocks?  |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
E*Trade Scores a TD The discount broker eyes a fatter future through matrimony.  |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2003 Mathew Emmert |
Warren, Show Me the Money Why Berkshire Hathaway should pay dividends.  |
The Motley Fool March 29, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Get-Rich-Quicksters Don't be gullible and fall for promises of easy wealth.  |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2004 |
Stocks From the Attic Are your decades' old stock certificates worth anything? There are enough lost treasures out there to make it worthwhile to check them out.  |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
You Can Trade Online Getting up and running in online stock trading is easier than you may think.  |
The Motley Fool May 25, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
Schwabbing the Decks Is a commission war on tap between the discount brokers? Charles Schwab said today it plans to lower its commission fees in a bid to "appeal to the broadest range of investors possible."  |