Category: Investing

In discussing becoming an Accredited Investor people tend to think of it opening some special door to wondrous investments.  So what exactly is an Accredited…

Over the last few decades, the hot investing sector has been emerging markets.  You couldn’t read a business magazine without falling over BRIC: Brazil, Russia,…

Options are a tricky subject.  During the Great Recession option trading came in for some somewhat deserved criticism.     There are some extremely significant…

30 years ago conglomerates were all the rage in investing   Companies like General Electric (GE) and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) were all the rage.   …

Last week I was traveling for business and we went out to dinner.  I really struggled to select what I wanted to eat, but not…

Some individuals use the trends visible in stock price movements to make investment decisions.  This is otherwise known as Technical Analysis.  But does this type…

A couple of years ago I wrote a post on savings bonds.  At the time my focus was on achieving a higher risk-free rate of…

Over the years I have heard some interesting critiques of index investing.    However, the most prevalent one seems to be in response to a…

It’s a battle royal for your money.  Who do you invest with?  The biggest players are of course Vanguard, Fidelity, and Schwab.  So which one…