This morning, I read 2 very informative articles on clark.com. For those who haven’t followed closely, Clark Howard is my favorite cheapskate. I was first introduced to Clark on my favorite podcast. He talked about a few ways to save money. The one I remember most was his advice to use a shaving razor blade […]
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Monday morning I spent some time at my local Apple store. My visit reminded me what a great company Apple is. And before we dive in, I like to differentiate great companies from great investments. To me, there is a difference. I think of a great company as a company that provides an oustanding product,
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For many of us, a portfolio of mutual funds and ETFs is perfect. Whether we have passive funds that track an index like the S&P 500, or active funds in which a portfolio manager chooses a basket of securities, we leave the hard work of choosing individual securities to the professionals. But for some of
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I don’t like Bitcoin and I’ve often recommended that readers stay away and go with a nice low-cost S&P 500 fund instead. And if you really feel the need to own some, keep the position to a very small percentage of your investable assets. But I also realize that I’m wrong sometimes and Bitcoin is
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Is a recession coming? Is the market overpriced? (and what does that even mean?). Are we due for a pull-back? No one wants to make a rash financial move, so before we commit our hard-earned money to a stock or mutual fund purchase, we want to be sure we’re not buying at market highs. Bank
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I write a lot about evaluating companies and tracking performance, as well as the wealth building track record of the S&P 500, but how does a beginning investor get started buying stock? Before we jump in, a couple of thoughts. Owning Shares of a Company First, I don’t like to think about investing in equities
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I just finished writing about dividend aristocrat Fastenal here. The post was about how important it is to have companies in our portfolio that pay a regular, and increasing, dividend. Read it. It’s quick and informative. Just after I wrote about Fastenal, I read Bank OZK Announces Increase to Quarterly Common Stock Dividend and Announces
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As an investor, there is nothing more exciting than when I buy shares of a company and I’m immediately rewarded with a huge gain. Take Nvidia (ticker: NVDA) for example. Look at this 5 year chart. Since late 2023, it’s been on fire. I’m excited because I own shares. I’m up big on this investment,
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Whether we’re invested in individual stocks or we hold some nice low-cost mutual funds and ETF’s (read more about mutual funds here), today, 6/21/2025, we’re pretty pleased. The S&P 500 is within spitting distance of all-time highs. I’m not sure that “spitting distance” is a precise measure, but the point is we’re pretty darn close.
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In his book One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In The Market, Peter Lynch tells lots of stories about how to recognize great businesses and how to choose investments. One of my favorite stories in the book is about how Lynch noticed the L’eggs eggs all