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| How Do You Spell Correction? |
August 10, 2007 |
| In recent years, Wall Street and the media have turned the process of investing into a competitive event of Olympic proportions and stature. What was ... |
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| Ishares and ETFs: Pushing the DJIA Toward the Cliff |
July 18, 2007 |
| … ETFs, a combination of the two, don't even address the question properly… AND their rising popularity has raised the risk level throughout the Stock ... |
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| Stock and Bond Trading as a Conservative Investment Strategy |
May 18, 2007 |
| Trading is the world's oldest form of commercial activity, and it is unfortunate that it is treated with such disrespect by our dysfunctional tax code ... |
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| An Investor's Eye View of the Corporate Income Tax |
April 25, 2007 |
| Just as Congress picks corporate pockets, Corporations pick those of their shareholders. The compensation of corporate officers is a clear example of ... |
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| Investment Politics 2008: What's (left) In Your Wallet? |
April 06, 2007 |
| As Investors, we represent the single biggest voter block in the country. We must respond in one voice to the endless political drivel with a resoundi ... |
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| Dealing With Stock Market Corrections: Ten Do's and Don'ts |
March 06, 2007 |
| Take a look at the past. There has never been a correction that has not proven to be a buying opportunity, so start collecting a diverse group of high ... |
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| Year End Investment Ideas and Tax Strategies |
November 24, 2006 |
| First thing Monday morning I'm going to march into my boss's office and demand a pay cut so that I'll be in a lower tax bracket next year. Your Financ ... |
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| Wrap Fee Investment Accounts: The Ultimate Investment Scam |
October 10, 2006 |
| Here are some candidates for future "Blockbuster Scandal Awards" (B S Awards, if you will): Variable Life Insurance & Annuities, Wrap Fee Managed Inve ... |
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| Asset Allocation Management Without Mutual Funds |
September 14, 2006 |
| Establish a profit-taking target for every security you purchase. Avoid Unrealized Gains, Embrace Volatility, Increase Annual Income, and remember tha ... |
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| Solving Social Security: Fire the Politicians! |
September 01, 2006 |
| There is no "Social Security Trust Fund"... no investments and no Investment Managers. There was always a tax plan for funding the benefits, but never ... |
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| REITs and CEFs: The KISS Principal Applied to Real Estate Investing |
August 02, 2006 |
| The distinctions (benefits?) of this form of Real Estate Investing vs. ownership of the properties themselves should be clear as well. No attorneys; n ... |
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| Stock Market Window Dressing: The Art of Looking Smart! |
July 05, 2006 |
| As if all of these institutional forces weren't enough, you need also consider the impact of tax code motivated transactions during the always-enterta ... |
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| RELAX, A Volatile Stock Market Is Your Dearest Friend |
June 15, 2006 |
| Call it foresight, or hindsight if you want to be argumentative, but a long-term view of the Investment Process eliminates the guesswork and points pr ... |
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| In Value Stock Investing, Quality is Job One |
May 31, 2006 |
| In the late 90's, a well-known Value Fund Manager was asked why he wasn't buying dot-coms, IPOs, etc. When he said that they didn't qualify as Value S ... |
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| Statistical Investment Myopia: How The DJIA Fails the Average Investor |
May 04, 2006 |
| To most investors, the DJIA provides all of the information they think they need, and they worship it mindlessly, thinking that this time tattered ave ... |
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| Ten Common Investment Errors: Stocks, Bonds, & Management |
April 20, 2006 |
| Losing money on an investment may not be the result of a mistake, and not all mistakes result in monetary losses. Compounding the problems that invest ... |
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| Ishares and ETFs: Indexed Investment Illusions |
April 03, 2006 |
| Let's not dwell upon the three or more levels of speculation that are the very foundation of all index funds… these things are designed for manipulati ... |
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| An Investor s View of The Fair Tax A 2006 Resolution |
March 10, 2006 |
| A Government that bemoans the population's low savings and investment rates has only itself to blame, and Wall Street Institutions are happy to exacer ... |
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| Investment Strategy The Investor s Creed |
February 23, 2006 |
| The Stock Market is a dynamic place where investors can consistently make reasonable returns on their capital if they comply with the basic principles ... |
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