Investing

Learn to Earn: A Beginner’s Guide to the Basics of Investing

August 22, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

Mutual-fund superstar Peter Lynch and author John Rothchild explain the basic principles of investing and business in a primer for all listeners.Many investors, including some with substantial portfolios, have only the sketchiest idea of how the stock market works. The reason, say Lynch and Rothchild, is that the basics of investing aren’t taught in school. At a time when individuals have to make important decisions about saving for college and 401(k) retirement funds, this failure to…
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Rich Dad’s Guide to Investing: What the Rich Invest in, That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!

August 22, 2009 By investing 12 Comments

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The rich are different from the rest of us, if for no other reason than U.S. tax and securities laws allow them to invest in ways that keep us from catching up to them. That’s why 90 percent of all corporate shares of stock are owned by 10 percent of the people. Kiyosaki believes it’s possible for anyone to move up into that 10 percent, but it takes a different view of investing than most people have: it takes a plan to be a successful investor. And a plan is more tha…
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Expectations Investing: Reading Stock Prices for Better Returns

August 21, 2009 By investing 12 Comments

From Publishers Weekly
Instead of focusing on the short term–earnings per share, price-earnings multiples–Rappaport (Creating Shareholder Value), formerly a professor at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, and Mauboussin, chief investment strategist at Credit Suisse First Boston, recommend “expectations investing,” which “starts with the current stock price and uses the discounted cash-flow model to `read’ what the market implies about a company’s future performance.” The…
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Bond Investing For Dummies

August 21, 2009 By investing 2 Comments

Bonds and bond funds are among the safest and most reliable investments you can make to ensure an ample and dependable retirement income — if you do it right! Bond Investing For Dummies helps you do just that, with clear explanations of everything you need to know to build a diversified bond portfolio that will be there when you need it no matter what happens in the stock market. This plain-English guide explains the pros and cons of investing in bonds, how they differ fro…
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The Little Book of Value Investing

August 21, 2009 By investing 13 Comments

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Browne’s experience as managing director of investment firm Tweedy, Browne provides examples to support his lessons on value investing, a method of buying stocks that have fallen in price to earn the best return over the long term. Browne uses examples from successful investors (such as Benjamin Graham, Walter Schloss and Warren Buffet) to illustrate that value investing is the best way to make the most of one’s investments. The zingy chapters titles (“Buy Sto…
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Fail-Safe Investing: Lifelong Financial Security in 30 Minutes

August 21, 2009 By investing 13 Comments

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If you had to summarize Fail-Safe Investing in three words, it would probably be these: Embrace the obvious. Look at your job, Browne advises. You get ahead because of your experience, education, and common sense. Your job is the reason you have money to invest in the first place. So the first of Browne’s 17 rules is, “Build Your Wealth upon Your Career.” Don’t jeopardize your career; it’s going to take many years of smart investing before your earnings will surpass w…
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Income Investing Today: Safety & High Income Through Diversification

August 20, 2009 By investing 5 Comments

Income Investing Today Income Investing Today details a safe alternative to the downside risks inherent in the stock market–income securities that can provide a 7% to 8% annual cash income. With this book, fixed income expert Richard Lehmann outlines income investing concepts you need to understand, various investment vehicles, and investment strategies that will help you build a safe, diversified portfolio of investments. The investment vehicles he explains range well beyon…
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Stocks Trading And Investing Ideas For 5/8/07

August 20, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

Technical analysis video of individual stock trading ideas for Tuesday May 8, 2007 including; Pier 1 Imports, Inc.(Public, NYSE:PIR), Intersil Corporation (Public, NASDAQ:ISIL), Arch Coal, Inc. (Pu…

Investing For Dummies, Fifth edition

August 20, 2009 By investing 12 Comments

ReviewInvesting for Dummies is a good, all-around investment guide for the rest of us. Author Eric Tyson covers all aspects of investing, from stocks and bonds to real estate and collectibles. Tyson points readers towards investments that actually work and raises warning flags about strategies you should avoid. The book also considers whether starting and running your business can be a good investment option. If you’re looking for a good place to start building a secure financ…
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Investing with Anthony Bolton: The Anatomy of a Stock Market Winner

August 20, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

Who is the most successful investment manager in Britain? Arguments could rage forever, but no professional would dispute that Anthony Bolton of Fidelity is among the very best. #1,000 invested in his Special Situations fund at its launch in 1979 would today be worth more than #80,000. No other mainstream UK fund manager has put together such a consistently impressive performance over such a long period. The 80-fold increase represents an average compound growth rate of 19.9% per a…
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