This is a guest post by Mathieu Bouville, PhD What on Earth is the CAPE? The price-earnings ratio (P/E) is a common tool for valuing a stock or a group of stock (such as an index). A difficulty is that there are multiple choices for the earnings. One generally uses forecasts, but these are basically… [Read More]
The Biggest Unknown Risk of Stock Investing
The following is a guest post by Rob Bennett, who writes at A Rich Life. Most people think of stocks as being “risky.” But not too risky. Most people think it is prudent to go with a stock allocation of 60 percent, 70 percent, or even 80 percent. They cannot think of stocks as being… [Read More]
How to Plan the Ultimate Retirement
This is a guest post from LaTisha who teaches basic investing concepts at Financial Success for Young Adults. Learn how to retire with tax free money, how much to save to buy a house, and more at www.youngadultfinances.com. If you haven’t started planning for retirement yet it might be because you don’t know where to… [Read More]
Midweek Reading: Catching Up Edition
I’ve been doing a lot of reading as I’ve been catching up on the 1000+ items in my Reader, and here are some of the interesting items I’ve come across recently:
Weekend Reading: Winter Solstice Edition
The shortest day of the year (for those of you in the northern hemisphere) is almost here… and so is Christmas! Is anyone tired of the snow yet? This is actually the first Christmas I spend at home in four years (the last three were overseas), so I’m actually enjoying it so far! Posts of… [Read More]