Fascinating, isn’t it, this stock market of ours, with its unpredictability, promise, and unscripted daily drama! But individual investors are even more interesting. We’ve become the product of a media driven culture that must have reasons, predictability, blame, scapegoats, and even that four-letter word, certainty. We are a culture of investors where hindsight is rapidly [...]
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April 9th, 2010
Investment Strategy: The Investor’s Creed
Posted in Investments 
Tags: Bond Market, Daily Drama, Driven Culture, Dynamic Place, Flip Side, Holy Grail, Individual Investors, Investing In The Stock Market, Investment Grade Securities, Investment Strategy, Letter Word, Marketplaces, Measuring Devices, Media Hype, Oversimplification, Performance Enhancement, Scapegoats, Super Bowls, Term Strategy, Unpredictability
Tags: Bond Market, Daily Drama, Driven Culture, Dynamic Place, Flip Side, Holy Grail, Individual Investors, Investing In The Stock Market, Investment Grade Securities, Investment Strategy, Letter Word, Marketplaces, Measuring Devices, Media Hype, Oversimplification, Performance Enhancement, Scapegoats, Super Bowls, Term Strategy, UnpredictabilityMarch 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 [...]
February 19th, 2010
Farmland near Slough: Investors Paradise
Posted in Investing Tags: 163, Acre, Definitive Answer, Developers, Enormous Quantity, Farmers, Farmland, First Quarter, Individual Investors, Institution Of Chartered Surveyors, Land For Sale, Price Survey, Rics, Royal Institution Of Chartered Surveyors, Six Decades, Slough, Stock, Swift Rate, Uk Population, Upward Growth
Tags: 163, Acre, Definitive Answer, Developers, Enormous Quantity, Farmers, Farmland, First Quarter, Individual Investors, Institution Of Chartered Surveyors, Land For Sale, Price Survey, Rics, Royal Institution Of Chartered Surveyors, Six Decades, Slough, Stock, Swift Rate, Uk Population, Upward GrowthAccording to a recently published report from RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) the price of farmland near Slough continues to rise as demand outstrips supply.
In the North-East alone farm land sales prices have risen on the first quarter of the year at an average of 2,650 an acre to 2,125 an acre.
Demand for commercial [...]
February 12th, 2010
FOREX: The Other Investment Vehicle
Posted in Investments Tags: Both Practices, Business Risk, Currency Trading, Dark Shadow, Foreclosure, High Risk Investment, Individual Investors, Institutional Trading, Investment Bonds, Investment Vehicle, Long Haul, Market Crash, Merriam Webster, Mutual Funds, Paper Millionaires, Private Property, Rising Interest Rates, Speculation, Speculative Nature, Stock Market
Tags: Both Practices, Business Risk, Currency Trading, Dark Shadow, Foreclosure, High Risk Investment, Individual Investors, Institutional Trading, Investment Bonds, Investment Vehicle, Long Haul, Market Crash, Merriam Webster, Mutual Funds, Paper Millionaires, Private Property, Rising Interest Rates, Speculation, Speculative Nature, Stock MarketAn investment, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is the commitment of funds with a view to minimizing risk and safeguarding capital while earning a return. Generally speaking, investments are made for the long haul, with the belief that the value of the investment vehicle of choice will increase in value. When you say investment to most [...]
February 6th, 2010
Dj Vu, All Over Again (and again)
Posted in Investing Tags: Bad News, Brains, Common Sense, Core Inflation, Corporate Earnings Reports, Dividend, Durable Goods Orders, Financial Markets, Financial Professionals, Hindsight, Individual Investors, Inertia, Inflation Rate, Line Dance, Market Advance, Perfect Moment, Portfolios, Repetition, Santa Claus, Unemployment Numbers
Tags: Bad News, Brains, Common Sense, Core Inflation, Corporate Earnings Reports, Dividend, Durable Goods Orders, Financial Markets, Financial Professionals, Hindsight, Individual Investors, Inertia, Inflation Rate, Line Dance, Market Advance, Perfect Moment, Portfolios, Repetition, Santa Claus, Unemployment NumbersDuring every correction, I encourage investors to avoid the destructive inertia that results from trying to determine: “How low can we go?” and/or “How long will this last?” Investors who add to their portfolios during downturns invariably experience higher values during the next advance. Yes, Virginia, just as certainly as there is a Santa Claus, [...]