Back in March, I wrote a post where I decided to back up my love for the S&P 500 with real money. You can read the post here. I did this for 3 reasons: That said, investing in equities is scary. Everyone has their own story but mine is pretty simple. My Story I have […]
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After yesterday’s post on how to begin using our 401k, I started to think more about choosing investments. For many of us, the first question when choosing an investment is “is it safe?“ What Does Safe Mean to You? I’m serious. Safe can mean different things to different people and it can mean different things
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Congratulations! You have a new job. At some point early on at our new company, we’re invited to a new hire orientation session where one of the key topics is benefits. One of the best benefits that is often not given enough focus in these sessions is the 401k plan. Today we’ll go through the
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I’ll ruin the surprise and tell you right now that they’re not. As much as we’ve seen Nvidia’s price sky-rocket in the past few years, I can’t tell you if it will be worth more next week than today. Some folks were pretty happy with airline stocks. And then 9/11 happened. We really don’t know.
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So, I read this today in a very informative post on clark.com. The post is called Clark and I are on the same page. I had a similar thought in Why is The Market Going Up? Clark did a nice job of explaining what overvalued means and giving some commentary that is a bit more
We all want to be part of the next big thing. In the 90s it was internet stocks. Today it’s AI. But how do we get in early? How do we spot the opportunity before it becomes (here’s the dreaded term…) overbought? Investing v. Gambling It’s important to understand the distinction. Let’s look at an
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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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It’s a bit of a pickle. Today’s news on CNBC: This on top of Friday’s late afternoon crash after a Trump China tariff threat. That crash was followed by a pop on Monday when Trump said, and I quote: It will all be fine. And the market leaps to new highs. Overvalued Never mind the
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Interesting headline from a guy who recently posted IF YOUR EQUITY INVESTMENTS HAVEN’T GAINED 24% IN 2024, YOU NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. The post in question was the result of a discussion with a friend who was lamenting lackluster performance in his retirement account. The S&P 500 has been up more than 20% in
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To be honest, my relationship is largely hate, but there is some love. Last year, I wrote a post called Do I Need A Financial Advisor. And while, for me, the answer to the question is a resounding NO!, in the post, I talk about 2 situations where it might make sense to have an
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