I recently had the opportunity to read “What Investors Really Want: Know What Drives Investor Behavior and Make Smarter Financial Decisions“, by Meir Statman. While many books on investing focus on the mechanics of investing in stocks, bonds, etc… this book instead looks at the investors themselves; it focuses on the emotional and intrinsic benefits… [Read More]
7 Things to Invest in for 2011
The following is a guest post from Credit Card Compare. Diversity has always been an important factor in the success of any financial portfolio. Finding the best assets to fill a portfolio is the quest of every investor. Here are 8 investments worth serious consideration. Commodities Predicting the commodity market can be difficult. Commodities like… [Read More]
Investing: Four Misconceptions on Risk
The following is a guest post by Mathieu Bouville. Misconception #1: Risk is measured by volatility Risk is a fuzzy concept. It is often equated with volatility, i.e. the tendency of the value of an investment to swing wildly: going from gains to losses and back again. But this cannot be a satisfactory definition: if… [Read More]
Stocks Are Far More Risky When Valuations Are High
The following is a guest post by Rob Bennett. I advocate Valuation-Informed Indexing. This strategy calls for the investor to increase his stock allocation when prices are low and to decrease his allocation when prices are high. You can read about the basics of the strategy in a guest blog entry that I recently wrote… [Read More]
Investing in Oil: The New Alberta Bakken Play
This is a guest post by my good friend Mich from BeatingTheIndex.com. He believes that oil consumption is on the path of growth for the next decade and he intends to take every advantage possible of it. The North American oil industry has been rejuvenated following the adoption of new drilling and completion techniques. It became… [Read More]
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