Investment strategies, principles, instruments
What is crowdfunding for real estate? Everyone has heard about GoFundMe. Most of us understand that people go online to raise money for some cause or other, often a charitable or a worthy one. Some people also raise money for… Continue Reading
At some point, as you build your investment portfolio of stocks and bonds, you will likely reach a time when you think about how to start in real estate investment. Stocks, bonds, and other asset classes are typically only available… Continue Reading
Have you been looking for a George Gilder Life After Google review? Well, here you are and this is my personal take on Life After Google by Geroge Gilder. There are some big ideas expressed in this book. The crux… Continue Reading
What is low volatility investing and why should investors learn about it? Low volatility is one of the factors investors can apply to select stocks that are more resilient to market downturns. There are low volatility factor funds and low… Continue Reading
What is the quality investing strategy? On the surface, the answer is quite simple. It just means that you build a portfolio composed of high-quality assets. Quality is also an investing factor as this article explains. In the case of… Continue Reading
What are investing style factors, and how can you use them to improve the returns on your stock portfolio? Both are excellent questions. Style factors are different ways to slice and dice approaches to the market. Many investment funds draw… Continue Reading
Many investors and traders who are building their knowledge and experience with investing and trading will wonder whether to get into swing trading for a profit and just how profitable swing trading can be. First, we need to define swing… Continue Reading
What’s sector investing and why is it important? Though this is always a very important consideration, some would say the most important consideration in investing, it so happens that this is also a very timely question. Those of us with… Continue Reading
There has been a lot of buzz in the investing and trading community in recent years around momentum investing. But if you were wondering what’s momentum investing, and you try to search on the topic you may become quickly frustrated.… Continue Reading
What’s growth investing, how does that compare with value investing, and is one better than the other? This seems a simple question. The simple answer is – that depends. We already looked at value investing with a thorough review of… Continue Reading
In this first of a sequence of articles comparing the main approaches to investing, we will be looking at what is the value investment strategy. It is widely accepted that the main reference work on value investing is “The Intelligent… Continue Reading
Understanding how to use stop-loss strategies is a must if you are ever going to take your approach to stock market investing out of the limited realm of “buy and hold”. Simple definition: A stop-loss order is an order that… Continue Reading
This may be one of those stock market jargon terms that makes you glaze over when you hear it. On the other hand, perhaps now might really be the time to find out, what is short selling on the stock… Continue Reading
The reminiscences of a stock operator, by Edwin Lefevre, has the distinction of being one of the favorite reads and most recommended books among professional stock traders. This is a look at what the book says and whether the advice… Continue Reading
What is investing in the stock market? This is a very direct question and deserves a direct answer. Investing in the stock market is buying and selling shares in the ownership of companies. When you buy shares, the money you… Continue Reading