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Article Topics: Have you ever thought of investing? Do you have a family that you would like take care of? Does the idea of making money with stocks, bonds, mutual funds and real estate interest you?Investing is essential to making money
The Great Stock Market Secret
Article Topics: When the stock market is going up and all your stocks and mutual funds are making money you feel like a genius. It is too bad that some folks don't remember what happened in 2000. Of course, right now we are in one of those genius phases
How (NOT) to Buy Mutual Funds
Article Topics: When it comes to mutual funds, there is a lot more to success than just finding a good one. Sad investment stories like the following are all too common
Defining Moment
Article Topics: Do you know your audiences? I mean really know them. I?e just been working on a project for a client to help him position his financial planning business and to determine who his key audiences are
A Safe Port For Mutual Funds But Not You!
Article Topics: Soft dollars, a form of legal kickback, is a sly way you can get ripped off by mutual fund managers. Full service brokers give these kickbacks to non-indexed mutual funds in the form of a? ebate?to purchase research, software, and even computer
The Dreaded Direct Question
Article Topics: (Please have a glass of water within reach before reading this article.)Your personal financial planning is the topic of discussion here today, but not quite yet. First I would like to bring your attention to the issue of bragging
Advantages and Disadvantages of Mutual Funds
Article Topics: Outlined below are some of the advantages and disadvantages of mutual funds. Every investment has advantages and disadvantages. But it's important to remember that features that matter to one investor may not be important to you
Mutual Fund Honor Roll? Buy High, Sell Low by Chasing Performance
Article Topics: Buy high and sell low -- It's not a typo.Millions of investors guarantee their failure by selecting mutual funds and stocks based on quarterly or annual performance records
Publicity: Show a Reporter You Care by Inviting Them to Fact-Check
Article Topics: Just like a financial planning client fears not having enough money for retirement, reporters fear getting their facts wrong in print.Inaccuracy isn't tolerated in newspapers or magazines
An Investing / Insurance Alternative
Article Topics: Segregated funds are the insurance company's answer to mutual funds. There are many differences and similarities but if you are putting together a financial plan that includes insurance and investments, you'll probably want to consider a segregated fund
Its High Time for Lifetime Savings Accounts
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Low Expense Ratio
Article Topics: One of the big advertising kicks today from mutual funds is to tell how low their expense ratio is and that you will make a great deal more money if you buy and hold with them. Partly true, but that is not the whole story
How Much Information Do You Need?
Article Topics: You have decided to buy some stock or mutual funds, but wonder which one to buy. You need more information so you call your broker for advice
How NOT to Buy Mutual Funds
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Senior Life Settlement-Uses and Applications
Article Topics: In a recent article in the National Underwriter (April, 2005) a Senior Life Settlement is depicted as an ingenious financial planning option available to consumers by providing access to secondary life insurance market through life insurance valuation
Trend Following
Article Topics: Trend following also called momentum trading is the simplest and safest method of stock market investing. It puts you in stocks and mutual funds that are going up and gets you out when they start down. Properly done there is no guess work
Planning Your Financial Future
Article Topics: Millions of people give a lot of thought to financial planning but get frustrated and give up before ever making any progress
A Primer on Commodity Trading
Article Topics: Although most investors are solely familiar with equity trading, such as stocks or mutual funds, or investing in debt, such as bonds, commodity trading tends to be ignored despite the fact that it possesses many advantages over other types of investment
Emotional Maturity
Article Topics: If you are going to be a winner in the stock market you must have emotional maturity. I did not say you had to be smart or know how to pick stocks and mutual funds
Investment Capital Gains
Article Topics: Have you bought any mutual funds this year or late last year while the market was doing its skyrocket thing? Last year it was hard to lose money. This year it has been easy
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