Anyone flying regularly knows that sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach when the fasten safety belt sign comes on and the captain informs us that we’re in for …
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investing
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One of the more frustrating aspects to investing is that there are many counter-intuitive forces at work in the economic world. One of those developments that’s hard for people to …
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The stock market simply can’t keep going up forever. On the surface that’s a statement we would all agree is true in the abstract but not terribly useful as investment …
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Predicting the future is always a risky enterprise because the future has a way of making fools of us all. That’s particularly true when it comes to investing. If we …
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Many people look at successful stock market investors and imagine that they have some super-secret formula that they dreamed up to beat the market. Maybe they have a sixth sense …
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If you like wild, careening roller coasters with blind curves and death drops, then you were right at home in the stock market lately. Stocks fell, then rose to dizzying …
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The pace of modern life is fast and the sheer speed of it all can be stressful. Most people have enough trouble fighting the daily dragons that swoop in to …
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One of the biggest obstacles to weaning people off the siren song of the debt economy and getting them to think about investing and getting on the right side of …
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The U.S. economy once again crushed the naysayers in Q2 2014, soundly blowing away even my tepidly optimistic analysis. Earnings for the 490 companies comprising the S&P 500 that have …
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The stupidest investment decision I ever made netted me twice my initial investment. Does this seem insane to you? Or perhaps ungrateful? Let me explain. Some years back, while working …