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The Motley Fool December 10, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Types of Investors: Which Are You? Knowing who you are can help you understand yourself and how you approach making money. Learn about some classifications of investors and which brokerage is right for you.  |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Embracing a Foolish Inconsistency As you begin, investing can be simple. Your first steps should be to get out of debt, read broadly on investing, and perhaps invest your initial dollars in an index fund.  |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
10 Big Investing Mistakes Some mistakes are not always mistakes.  |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2005 |
Recommended Reading Here are some books that can turbocharge your investing: The Motley Fool Rule Breakers, Rule Makers by David and Tom Gardner... The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton... One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch with John Rothchild... etc.  |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Profiting From My Mistakes If you want to make a profit, then do as I say, not as I've done. The author has been investing for a decade now, and she's made her share of missteps along the way. Take time to learn from her mistakes so you can avoid the same pitfalls.  |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2004 Tom Gardner |
Should You Own 50 Stocks? The majority of individual investors in stocks are still in learning mode and should have very diversified portfolios.  |
AskMen.com April 14, 2002 Rashmikant Patel |
Starting A Portfolio Investors can easily understand and build a portfolio that conforms to their needs...  |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2006 Bill Barker |
The 4 Best Words of Investing Advice "Buy an index fund" is the most actionable, most mathematically supported, short-form investment advice ever.  |
The Motley Fool June 3, 2005 Tim Beyers |
Let's Hear It for Joe Oddlot Don't let anyone tell you that you need to be on Wall Street to be a superior investor. You don't. Think you can't possibly beat the market, right? Balderdash.  |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2006 Rex Moore |
The Best Stocks for New Money It's time to add new money. What will you do? The most important consideration, especially for the average individual investor, is balance: between large and small caps, between less risk and more risk, and among different industries.  |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2005 Tim Beyers |
What's Your Investment Strategy? Having a good financial life so often means keeping records and committing plans to paper. You know how to write a budget. You keep records. You've got a will. You've written down your investment strategy, right?  |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2004 Tim Beyers |
Penny Stocks From Heaven Sure, many penny stocks are bad. But some of them offer divine returns for the money-wise bargain hunter.  |
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Jim Fink |
Want 50% Annual Returns? An explanation of the allure and illusion of mechanical investing, which is stock-picking strategies based on quantitative computer screens.  |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2005 Nathan Parmelee |
Your Biggest Advantage Take your time, get wealthy slowly, and enjoy life. Everyone wants to find the next double, triple, or 10-bagger. But the true spoils go to those who invest early and often.  |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Psst -- Want $1,000, Kid? Here is the latest teen winner of $1,000 given for investing advice and how to participate in this on-going contest.  |
AskMen.com Michael Estrin |
8 Stock Market Mistakes Investors Make Investing in the stock market is one of the best things you can do with your money, provided that you know what you're doing. Here are some common mistakes investors make. Know them and avoid them.  |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2004 Tim Beyers |
Why I Won't Invest in Biotech What it really boils down to is this: Ignorance kills investment returns. Biotech may be the wave of the future for some, but this investor won't take the intellectual risk.  |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2005 |
A Step-by-Step Investing Plan How to begin and maintain an investing life.  |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2006 Roger Friedman |
Picking Stocks Before Home Room Here, a middle-schooler teaches grown-ups some investing lessons for the ages.  |
The Motley Fool January 6, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Do Something Isn't it time you beat portfolio paralysis? Need some investing advice? Before you start diving into myriad strategies, remember: The most important thing you can do for your portfolio is ... anything.  |
The Motley Fool June 3, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Reduce Your Investing Risk A few changes in your investing M.O. can improve your performance.  |
The Motley Fool May 18, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Places for Great Investment Ideas There are some good investment newsletters out there, even from us.  |
The Motley Fool February 24, 2005 David Meier |
Got Value? Value investing is the best way to play. Is it in you? As an investor, your goal is to have your investments outperform the market. Have you got value to help you achieve them?  |
The Motley Fool May 13, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Funds to Save You If your financial future is shaky, certain mutual funds can save you. Before you invest in any mutual fund, make sure you've studied it well -- either on your own or with some help.  |
The Motley Fool May 10, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
12 Common Investing Mistakes How many of these blunders have you committed? Just one can derail you: Focusing inordinately on a stock's price... Investing in what you don't understand... Buying and selling too often... Ignoring the power of dividends... etc.  |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2004 David Gardner |
Finding the Best Funds David Gardner rolls out a new service to help you climb to the top of the mutual fund heap.  |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Can This Portfolio Be Saved? Even the worst portfolio can be redeemed. Sometimes investors have to face unpleasant truths, accept their losses, and rebuild for the future.  |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2004 Salim Haji |
How Many Stocks Should You Own? Diversification into stocks you don't fully understand could increase risk within your portfolio.  |
The Motley Fool June 24, 2004 Tim Beyers |
What Tech Bubble? The author disagrees that tech's highly overvalued. Investing in technology has long been a highly risky but profitable endeavor.  |
The Motley Fool January 2, 2004 Zeke Ashton |
New Year's Resolutions for Investors January is a traditional time for resolutions for the New Year. Here are 10 resolutions for investors to help cut down on mistakes, shape up portfolios, and achieve financial goals.  |
The Motley Fool December 19, 2005 Mathew Emmert |
The Lifetime Investment Strategy Let the power of dividends build you a portfolio that will stand the tests of time.  |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2005 Rich Smith |
Nietzsche on Investing With investing comes risk. In the short term, you will definitely lose money on some of your stocks at one time or another. But that which does not kill you as an investor makes you stronger.  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Wondering About Magellan A recent Money magazine article asked a question that's on the minds of many mutual fund investors: "Can Magellan Bounce Back?"  |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2004 David Gardner |
Finding the Best Funds Here's how you can climb to the top of the mutual fund heap.  |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
How Many Hidden Gems Are Enough? One stock, two stocks, three stocks, 24. What's the right number to own?  |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2006 Tim Beyers |
Meet the Growth Investor Last week, we took a tour of the bargain-hunting world of the value investor. We'll take a U-turn this week and explore what it means to be a growth investor. Who are these thrill-seekers?  |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2004 Whitney Tilson |
Focus Investing Just as important as the stocks you own is how you manage them.  |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2005 Tim Beyers |
2 Things I Learned From Benjamin Graham Warren Buffett's mentor pioneered the idea of buying stocks on sale, and his books have provided dozens of lessons for investors over the years. The author shares two that have changed his investment life.  |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2006 Rex Moore |
Don't Sell! Investors, the "don't sell" advice applies only to companies whose management and business model you still believe in, not in deteriorating situations where the economics have changed or where management proves incompetent or fraudulent.  |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2004 |
How to Think About Diversification There's no absolute best number of stocks to own. Too few and you've taken on too much risk. Too many and you've diluted the power of your holdings more than you had to.  |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2005 Chuck Saletta |
Know Your Enemy If you want to minimize the number of mistakes you make in your investing choices, you have to keep a firm grasp on what a company you're considering is really worth.  |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Duprey |
How Many Is Too Many? The legends weigh in on the eternal question of how many stocks to own. But a portfolio of quality companies takes years to build -- don't expect it to grow overnight.  |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 |
The Stock Market Is Risky Learn to take fewer chances when you invest.  |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2005 Philip Durell |
Tom Gardner Interviews Philip Durell Tom and the author get together to talk value investing.  |
The Motley Fool March 1, 2005 Tim Beyers |
The End of Personal Responsibility? An investor sues broker Merrill Lynch over analyst reports and wins big. Why?  |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Save Your Portfolio From Yourself Boost your performance by not being your own worst enemy. Add some top-notch mutual funds to your portfolio. They will relieve you of having to decide which stocks to buy and sell, and when to do so.  |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Debating Investing Mistakes Should you avoid stocks with high P/E ratios? Should you buy stocks in a down market? Is it possible to over diversify your portfolio? Investors disagree about whether some investing actions are mistakes.  |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
How Long Should You Hold Funds? Some say you should hang on to your funds... forever. See what others think.  |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2005 Chuck Saletta |
Sominex for Your Portfolio Investing is a risky activity. Make sure your stocks don't keep you up at night.  |
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.  |