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Let's assume that -- because of your personal and financial circumstances -- you decide to allocate your investment assets as follows: you want fifty percent of...

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The buy-and-hold technique is a passive investment strategy based on the premise that over long periods of time, the returns from common stocks will exceed the ...

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Opening an account at a brokerage firm is as easy as opening a bank account. The investor is required to provide basic personal information, such as occupation ...

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Mutual fund industry studies have shown that only about half of fund shareholders consult a prospectus before investing. With more than the estimated ten thousa...

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Part 2: Two Strategies to Avoid Stock picking , the process of trying to identify that one homerun stock, is highly risky. Although some retirement plans allow ...

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You really don't need to have a graduate degree in finance to enjoy success in your investing endeavors. Simple, basic knowledge is a powerful tool. The purpose...

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Part 2: Nontraditional Instruments Money market instruments are favored by investors who prefer short-term investment horizons. There are two types of these sec...

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Part 1: Traditional Instruments Money market instruments are investments that are suitable for investors who prefer an investment time period of one year or les...

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Theres a very important question that you should ponder right now, especially those of you who have not begun some type of investment program. And that question...

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What is socially responsible investing , or SRI ? Simply put, it's the practice of investing assets for the purpose of realizing not only financial but also soc...

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Life insurance is often used as an investment for retirement planning. Basic life insurance can be divided into two general categories, term insurance and whole...

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If you're like most investors, you probably think that you're basically safe if your investment principal is in no danger of being lost. Unfortunately, there ar...

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Successful investors aren’t necessarily any smarter or better at analyzing financial data than anyone else. They don’t have to have degrees in financial pla...

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There are a tremendous number of stock-buying strategies. Many of them are based on the basic fundamental- and technical analysis methods expounded upon in the ...

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Market indexes show the general direction of fluctuations in the securities markets and reflect the historical continuity of security price movements. While thi...

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Over the years, the number of market indexes has grown substantially. For instance, in addition to its industrial average , Dow Jones Poor's 500 Composite Stock...

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For the average person, the purchase of a home or automobile is usually made using a small amount of personal funds and a much larger percentage of money that's...

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Market-neutral investing is an investment strategy that helps you manage risk. It offers protection against market volatility by utilizing simultaneous long (bu...

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The terms long, short, and flat identify an investor's market position with respect to a given stockbroker. To be long means to have a positive market position;...

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Income taxes can take a serious bite out of your savings and investment plan. Fortunately, the federal government is well aware of this, and gives taxpayers a b...

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