The coronavirus-induced stock market crash has created unprecedented opportunities. Since equities fell off a cliff in mid March 2020, many sectors have fully recovered. In particular, the information technology sector has been on a tear. Should you invest in tech? YTD, the S&P 500 Information Technology Sector ($SRIT) is up +24.26%....
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The coronavirus-induced stock market crash has created generational buying opportunities. This pandemic has given us lemons to make lemonade. Although some equities have rebounded from their March lows, there remain deals everywhere. If you play your cards right, you can score some serious steals. What follows is a win...
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The coronavirus-induced market bear is here. In fact, it has been wreaking havoc on 401k, IRA, brokerage and other investment accounts for several weeks now. This has kicked investors' investing stress hormones into overdrive. While some investors have fled in droves, others have stood their ground outright. What's the...
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The stock market has been on collision course in recent weeks due mainly to the global spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Accordingly, we aligned our portfolio to help us weather this extreme period of volatility. Investors have witnessed steep stock market declines--drops not seen since the 2008 financial cri...
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A triple threat portfolio built for diversification, capital gains and income. Investing advisors usually require investing minimums, usually in the neighborhood of a few thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars. But what if you only have $1,000 stashed away somewhere in a checking account collecting dust? Can you really bu...
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Investors invest in REITs for various reasons, including but not limited to portfolio diversification, guaranteed dividend income, long-term capital appreciation, among others. If you are not familiar with REITs, our article on real estate investment trusts should bring you up to speed. Those who do not want to buy physical real esta...
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Happy New Year 2020! In 2019, almost every investing strategy worked: stocks, bonds, gold. The longest bull market in recent memory lives on! Most, if not all investors, made money in the stock market in 2019. But what if you could make even more money? Here are 5 bold investing moves to help you make even more money in 202...
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Your investment portfolio should include securities from all major asset classes for true diversification, including U.S. large-cap, mid-cap, small-cap, and international equities, among others. How does the index fund investor pick a winning large-cap strategy? This 5-month investing experiment should provide som...
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Disclaimer: This article contains an affiliate link to an investment product. Both you and us will receive a commission through this link when you join the partner. Too many people put off investing because of one or two things: 1) they think they need a lot of money to start investing; 2) they don't know where to start. Th...
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Index funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and stocks are 3 basic investment building blocks that can add significant value to your investment portfolio. Index funds and exchange-traded funds have many differences and similarities. This simple quiz will help you differentiate between the two. The index fund and ETF quiz composition The ind...
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You don't have to be rich or an expert to start investing and building long-lasting wealth. You can choose between hiring a robo advisor vs treading the course alone. In this post, I show you why you might want to fire your robo advisor and manage your own investments. Let's first understand what a robo advis...
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As an investor, your investing approach should be twofold: maximize returns and minimize financial loss. Legendary investor Warren Buffet has two simple investing rules: Rule #1: Never lose money. Rule #2: Never forget rule #1. Maximizing returns and not losing money start with the allocation of funds in your inve...
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Make no mistake. Investing is the best way to build wealth and secure a brighter financial future. Traditional or Roth individual retirement accounts (IRA) are two important tax-advantaged accounts that can help you accomplish these two important things. For the newbie investor, it can be hard to select the right investments or secur...
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You don't need a lot of money to start investing. Neither do you require a lot of investing knowledge. You just need to know the bare fundamentals. We have created this simple investing quiz to help you assess your investing knowledge. Can you get the minimum passing score or better? Why an investing quiz We created t...
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Index funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and stocks are 3 basic investment building blocks that can add significant value to your investment portfolio. In this article, we present them in a very clear manner to simplify investing. We outline some very interesting differences and similarities between the...
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Investors are making money with marijuana stocks. With recent legalization of marijuana in some states and countries, marijuana stocks are taking the investing world by storm. Now is probably a good time to cash in on the action. If you are interested in investing in this hot new industry but don't know how to take a whiff and b...
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If you have little money but want to get into real estate and make money, consider today your lucky day. Real estate investing is not solely reserved to the wealthy. In this article, we're going to show you how to start investing in real estate without owning physical proprieties or becoming a landlord. It's all done through an ...
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Cash is trash! Investing it provides a far greater opportunity to build wealth, compared to other safe investments. Many people don't invest because they think it's hard and require a lot of money. Once you understand a few basic investing knowledge, you will come to realize that investing is not complicated or&nb...
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You don't need to know much or have a lot of money to start investing. You just need a basic understanding of the investing building blocks: stocks and mutual funds (exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and index funds). Investing building blocks Let's keep things simple. Below are three investing building blocks to get you off to a great start. These...
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