With the rocky markets, many investors are looking for ways to protect themselves on the down side even if they have to give up a little upside. Index investing or indexing, is a way to invest in the markets in a style similar to an index with broad diversification. Index Investing There are several examples of indexes ...

Ready to  build a portfolio from the ground up? Let's get into bottom up investing. Bottom up investing is a way to research stock picks for your portfolio. Most people are already familiar with bottom up investing. It's the type of investing and research that Warren Buffett does. It focuses on the idea that a ...

Options investing strategies are usually not for beginners. If you are a buy and hold investor though, it is important that you know the basics of options. There are levels of options trading and usually your broker has to approve you to be able to trade those strategies. Each level requires more education on options ...

Should you hire a financial adviser or financial planner? Or maybe you know enough about stocks to pick your own and you are considering just going it alone and buy stocks with a discount broker instead? Let's take a look at some of the pros and cons of each decision.What Does a Financial Adviser Do? A ...

When you are nearing retirement, you will want to lower risk and prepare to live on a fixed income. You may have retirement benefits coming in, but if you’ve been learning to invest or paying someone to invest on your behalf, you should have funds coming from a personal retirement account. Some retirees have real ...

Unfortunately sometimes the stock market gets a bad rap. Some people that are just getting started in the stock market and investing hear the rumors from jaded traders. They may hear the bad news coming from the television about how volatile the market is and how no one is possibly making money in this type ...

I'm sure you've seen these shoppers, these are the people that clip coupons until their little fingers can't clip any more. They spend time finding the best deals to go with their coupons. There is a skill to being an extreme couponer. From what I understand, it takes practice and diligence. Sometimes you have to ...

Have you been watching the markets lately? If you are getting into investing then you should be keeping up with how the stock market is doing each day or at least week to week. For those of us that are buy and hold investors, checking in on the market's performance on a month to month ...

If you are looking to build your retirement portfolio or just investing for passive income, then you are probably more likely to look for stocks that you can invest in for the long term. Sometimes it is difficult to locate just the right stocks. There are so many out there that it's often easier to ...

As a savvy investor, you are constantly looking for good stocks, right? I typically start my research with a company that I know and like. That way learning more about their business won't be so boring. So let's do a real world example. I am going to go through my entire investment process but with ...