This article presents one person’s opinions on when to buy or sell stocks. Your mileage will certainly vary. Stock XYZ used to trade at 40 and it has dropped to 25. Is it a good buy? A: Maybe. Buying stocks just because they look “cheap” isn’t a good idea. All too often they look cheaper
Category: Investing
Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)
Investors who pursue a strategy of socially responsible investing (SRI) are making sure that their capital is used in a manner that aligns with their personal ethical values–taking responsibility for what their money is doing to the world around them. There are many different definitions of what it means for an investment to be socially
Writing Put Options To Acquire Stock
Is there a stock that you would like to purchase at a cheaper price than its current quote? Would you be interested in receiving premiums months before you have to purchase the stock? If these propositions sound attractive to you, then writing puts to acquire stock is a strategy you should consider in the future.
Buying on Margin
I have used margin debt to leverage my returns several times this year, with successful results. At no time did my margin debt exceed 25% of my net account equity. This is my personal comfort level, but yours may be higher or lower depending on your risk tolerance, your portfolio return vs. the interest rate
Investment Hedging
Hedging is a way of reducing some of the risk involved in holding an investment. There are many different risks against which one can hedge and many different methods of hedging. When someone mentions hedging, think of insurance. A hedge is just a way of insuring an investment against risk. Consider a simple (perhaps the
Dollar Cost Averaging vs Value Averaging Investment Strategies
Dollar-cost averaging is a strategy in which a person invests a fixed dollar amount on a regular basis, usually monthly purchase of shares in a mutual fund. When the fund’s price declines, the investor receives slightly more shares for the fixed investment amount, and slightly fewer when the share price is up. It turns out
Dogs of the Dow
This article discusses an investment strategy commonly called “Dogs of the Dow.” The Dow Jones Industrials represent an elite club of thirty titans of industry such as Exxon, IBM, ATT, DuPont, Philip Morris, and Proctor & Gamble. From time to time, some companies are dropped from the Dow as new ones are added. By investing
Best Portfolio Tracking & Technical Analysis Software
Many software packages are available that support basic personal finance and investment uses, such as managing a checkbook, tracking expenses, and following the value of a portfolio. Using a package can be handy for tracking transactions in mutual funds and stocks, especially for active traders at tax time. Many packages support various forms of technical
Best Free Investing Software
Archive of Free Investment-Related Programs This article lists two archives of investment-related programs. Most of these programs are distributed in source-code form, but some include binaries. Anyhow, if all that is available is source, then before you can run them on your PC at home you will need a C compiler to create executable versions.
Investment Associations
Here is a list of different investment associations that will help you stay informed and make better investment decisions. AAII American Association of Individual Investors 625 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60611-3110 +1 312-280-0170 Web: http://www.aaii.org/ A summary from their brochure: AAII believes that individuals would do better if they invest in “shadow” stocks which are