Stock Market Volatility = Investment Opportunity Everyone is in the stock market these days whether they like it or not, and when the media fans the emotions of the masses, the masses create volatility that rarely under-reacts to market conditions! A volatile equity market creates opportunities with every gyration in either direction.
Posted: 2006-06-20
Category: Investing
In Value Stock Investing, Quality is Job One How do we create a confidence building Stock Selection Universe? Simply operating on blind faith with one of the common definitions may be too simplistic, particularly since many of the numbers originate from the subject companies.
Posted: 2006-06-09
Category: Investments
The Dow Jones Industrial Average: Failing the Average Investor To most investors, the DJIA provides all of the information they think they need, and they worship it mindlessly, thinking that this time tattered average has mystical predictive and analytic powers far beyond the scope of any other market numbers. It's Wall Street's rendition of "The Emperor's New Clothes".
Posted: 2006-05-19
Category: Stock Market
Ten Common Investment Errors: Stocks, Bonds, & Management Losing money on an investment may not be the result of a mistake, and not all mistakes result in monetary losses. Compounding the problems that investors have managing their investment portfolios is the sideshowesque sensationalism that the media brings to the process. Avoid these ten common errors to improve your performance:
Posted: 2006-04-20
Category: Stock Market
Ishares and ETFs: Indexed Investment Illusions Let's not dwell upon the three or more levels of speculation that are the very foundation of all index funds… these things are designed for manipulation! Isn't "Passive Management" as much of an oxymoron as "Variable Annuity"? The Investment Gods are not happy.
Posted: 2006-04-05
Category: Investments
An Investor's View of The Fair Tax: A Resolution A Government that bemoans the population's low savings and investment rates has only itself to blame, and Wall Street Institutions are happy to exacerbate the problem with their own financial pandemic of products, strategies, and tax deferral/avoidance schemes. It's time to reinvent this wheel!
Posted: 2006-03-12
Category: Investing
Investment Strategy: The Investor's Creed The Stock Market is a dynamic place where investors can consistently make reasonable returns on their capital if they comply with the basic principles of the endeavor AND if they don't measure their progress too frequently with irrelevant measuring devices. Five simple concepts of Asset Allocation, Investment Strategy, and Psychology are summed up quite nicely in the "The Investor's Creed".
