This is one of the questions that Im asked the most and its an answer that I like to answer in two ways.
The more technical or objective way to answer it is to compare your performance to something concrete. For example the market average in your own country. For us here in Australia its [...]
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April 4th, 2010
How to pick the right shares
Posted in Investing 
Tags: Australia, Constraints, Fund Managers, Individual Investor, Leading Company, Left Hand Corner, Logical Answer, Money, Moving, Price History, Proven Track Record, Satisfactory Level, Share Market, Share Portfolio, Shares, Something Concrete, Success, Term Uptrend, Two Ways, Upward Direction
Tags: Australia, Constraints, Fund Managers, Individual Investor, Leading Company, Left Hand Corner, Logical Answer, Money, Moving, Price History, Proven Track Record, Satisfactory Level, Share Market, Share Portfolio, Shares, Something Concrete, Success, Term Uptrend, Two Ways, Upward DirectionMarch 30th, 2010
Investment Formulas – What Purpose Do They Serve?
Posted in Investments Tags: Aggressive Policies, Brief Summary, Bull Markets, Conservative Investment, Detailed Explanation, Dips, Elementary School Math, Emotion, Fluctuations, Good Arguments, Indefinite Continuation, Individual Investor, Investment Decisions, Investment Policies, Investment Profits, Market Cycles, Rough Knowledge, Scope, Small Investor, Upward Movement
Tags: Aggressive Policies, Brief Summary, Bull Markets, Conservative Investment, Detailed Explanation, Dips, Elementary School Math, Emotion, Fluctuations, Good Arguments, Indefinite Continuation, Individual Investor, Investment Decisions, Investment Policies, Investment Profits, Market Cycles, Rough Knowledge, Scope, Small Investor, Upward MovementWhat exactly does a formula do? A complete detailed explanation can be as vast and complex as each individual investor and is beyond the scope of this article but a brief summary of a formula’s usefulness would include the two primary functions it fulfills.
First, over a full market cycle, it will improve your investment profits [...]
March 25th, 2010
How to Avoid Dumb Investment Mistakes
Posted in Investing Tags: Chunks, Dumb Mistake, Dumb Mistakes, Few Minutes, Fidelity Magellan, Graduate Finance, Handful, Headaches, Individual Investor, Individual Investors, Investment Decisions, Investment Mistakes, Lots Of Money, Mutual Fund, Peter Lynch, Picking Stocks, Portfolios, Salesperson, Statistical Calculation, Stock Market
Tags: Chunks, Dumb Mistake, Dumb Mistakes, Few Minutes, Fidelity Magellan, Graduate Finance, Handful, Headaches, Individual Investor, Individual Investors, Investment Decisions, Investment Mistakes, Lots Of Money, Mutual Fund, Peter Lynch, Picking Stocks, Portfolios, Salesperson, Statistical Calculation, Stock MarketSmart people sometimes make dumb mistakes when it comes to investing. Part of the reason for this, I guess, is that most people dont have the time to learn what they need to know to make good decisions. Another reason is that oftentimes when you make a dumb mistake, somebody elsean investment salesperson, for examplemakes [...]
March 1st, 2010
How to Avoid Dumb Investment Mistakes
Posted in Investments Tags: Chunks, Dumb Mistake, Dumb Mistakes, Few Minutes, Fidelity Magellan, Graduate Finance, Handful, Headaches, Individual Investor, Individual Investors, Investment Decisions, Investment Mistakes, Lots Of Money, Mutual Fund, Peter Lynch, Picking Stocks, Portfolios, Salesperson, Statistical Calculation, Stock Market
Tags: Chunks, Dumb Mistake, Dumb Mistakes, Few Minutes, Fidelity Magellan, Graduate Finance, Handful, Headaches, Individual Investor, Individual Investors, Investment Decisions, Investment Mistakes, Lots Of Money, Mutual Fund, Peter Lynch, Picking Stocks, Portfolios, Salesperson, Statistical Calculation, Stock MarketSmart people sometimes make dumb mistakes when it comes to investing. Part of the reason for this, I guess, is that most people dont have the time to learn what they need to know to make good decisions. Another reason is that oftentimes when you make a dumb mistake, somebody elsean investment salesperson, for examplemakes [...]
January 4th, 2010
Asset Allocation & Your Investment Plan – A Blueprint For
Posted in Investments Tags: Asset Allocation, Asset Class, Blueprint, Buy Hold, Chunk, Government Securities, Individual Investor, Investment Plan, Investment Real Estate, Investment Trusts, Options Futures, Pension Funds, Residual Income, Risk Products, Risk Tolerance, Sound Fundamentals, Stock Investment, Stocks And Bonds, Term Investments, Wealthiest People In The World
Tags: Asset Allocation, Asset Class, Blueprint, Buy Hold, Chunk, Government Securities, Individual Investor, Investment Plan, Investment Real Estate, Investment Trusts, Options Futures, Pension Funds, Residual Income, Risk Products, Risk Tolerance, Sound Fundamentals, Stock Investment, Stocks And Bonds, Term Investments, Wealthiest People In The WorldAsset Allocation & Your Investment Plan – A Blueprint For Wealth
Many of the wealthiest people in the world owe their fortunes to different types of residual income from stocks and bonds to investment trusts, real estate, commodities and more. In this chapter were going to discuss the importance of asset allocation how you [...]