by Darnell Brown | Dividend Investing, Investing 101, Portfolio Strategy
Earlier this month I discussed how to start a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP). In that article, I mentioned that DRIP investors who are persistent and develop a good investment strategy can amass a great deal of wealth. This article will focus on the most common...
by Michael Barton | Economics, Investing Strategy, Portfolio Strategy
It’s been an incredible start to 2013 for equity investors. The New Year rally, which really started back in November, has seen the Dow Jones Industrial Index touch 14,000. That’s a rise of over 11% in just a couple of months, and around 7% since the end of December....
by Michael Barton | Investing 101, Investing Strategy, Portfolio Strategy
Why investors miss the mark Investors often get mired in the detail of managing a portfolio. Actively self-managed portfolios are often over traded as profits are chased and real opportunities missed. Passively managed portfolios are often under traded as asset...
by Michael Barton | Economics, Portfolio Strategy
The Fed has been weakening the dollar for a decade… Interest rates are low. Quantitative easing measures, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the American economy, are high. The fed has, for years, been following a course of flushing the dollar down the pan....
by Miranda | Portfolio Strategy
Every now and again, it’s a good idea for even the staunchest of buy and hold investors to declutter the portfolio. Over time, your portfolio is likely to drift about, accumulating investments that don’t match your goals, even as the compositions of the...
by Dave Scott | Investing 101, Portfolio Strategy
Well… the seesaw continues in the markets – with the Dow down 100 points one day, up 100 points the next… a fall, inevitably followed by an equal rise… and funnily, it’s often the same news that causes swings in both directions. For example, the European sovereign...
