Profitable Investing
How to Achieve Financial Independence
We celebrate Independence Day and our freedom to live and speak as we wish without the rule of a foreign power. But what do we do with that freedom. How can we prosper in a free country? This article is about how to achieve financial independence. We achieve financial independence through hard work and profitable investing. The stock market is typically the best way to multiply your investment capital. Learn how to invest and start on your road to financial independence.
Learning how to invest successfully can pay dividends for a lifetime. In learning how to invest an individual will learn […]
Which Stocks Are Safe to Buy?
The point of investing is to make money, not to lose it. Many who were hurt badly in the 2008 market crash have never returned to the stock market because they simply don’t know which stocks are safe to buy. There is a lot of advice out there about safe stocks but what can you believe and how should you proceed? As an example of current advice on this topic the Motley Fool suggests 3 safe stocks you can buy right now.
As recent events have clearly shown, even large-cap stocks that were thought to be stable can crater in the […]
What Will Negative Rates Do to Bank Stocks?
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Deflation has hit Europe and Japan with negative interest rates. Now when some folks put money in the bank they need to pay interest to keep it there. Warren Buffett joked that […]
Realistic Stock Investment Expectations
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If you are investing in stocks in order to get a better return over the years than rolling over CDs at your bank you have realistic investment expectations. If you are hoping […]
Designing an Investment Portfolio
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Designing an investment portfolio may be the most important thing you do in investing. There are tips and insights to make you money but over the long haul profitable investing hinges on […]
Basics of Successful Investing III
Successful investing comes from learning the basics and refining your skills with experience. In this series of articles we look at the basics of successful investing. In the first article in this series, Basics of Successful Investing I, we noted that the first thing to do is put your financial house in order and then […]
Investment Opportunities for Young People
The best time to start investing is when you are young. The best time for learning how to invest is as early as possible. Here are a few thoughts about investment opportunities for young people, and as an example, how to invest $10,000. FREE MASTERCLASS: 3 Secrets to Make Your Money Work for You! Not […]
Invest in Oil Shale
Over a year ago we suggested that one look at investment in sustainable fracking technology. Recovery of petroleum from oil shale deposits has allowed the USA to reduce its reliance on foreign oil to the lowest level in more than twenty years. Today the USA imports forty percent of its oil, down from sixty percent […]
Investment Risk Management
Investment risk management includes diversifying to balance business risk, being wary of overpriced stocks, and not confusing short term goals with long term investing techniques. Picking new winners is always the name of the game but picking them at the best price, diversifying to reduce sector risk, and choosing stocks whose prospects match your long term goals are good ways of managing investment risk.
Business risk is the risk of competition. Effectiveness of management, developing and promoting products, penetrating markets, and doing so in the most cost effective and profitable manner all go into a profitable company. Business risk is also […]
Time to Buy Macy’s
Retailers usually depend on the holiday season to boost sales and bolster profits. However, the New York based retailer, Macy’s, (M) has increased its earnings quarter by quarter for just less than four years! With the holiday season approaching it may be time to buy Macy’s stock before block buster earnings drive the price even […]