As a DIY investor, I personally do not have an financial advisor helping me with my personal investments. I do have a lawyer that I use when need be, as well as an accountant helping me file my family's tax returns. That being said, I am not at all against people having financial advisors if they do not have the time or energy to manage their own investment accounts. Personally I have chosen to take things into my own hands to save costs and because I love the investment …
4 Benefits of Employer Share Purchase Plans and Pensions and 1 Downside
At this time of year, I realize that I am one of the fortunate individuals who works for a company that still provides a good employer share purchase plan as well as matching pension contributions. Although these contributions happen on a monthly basis for me, it is during spring that I am especially glad because it is when bonuses are paid. Never mind the additional cash I receive from the bonus - the best part is that this bonus is subject to the same matching that I receive all year for …
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Finance (Investing) Related YouTube Channels
Despite all the videos of cats playing the piano or family vacations (which I am guilty of sharing), there are some useful investing related videos and channels available for a dividend investor to peruse on YouTube. I personally have never really viewed them until this past weekend and must admit that there are some pretty good resources available. Some are obviously better than others but overall I learned a few things while developing this list. [ad#tdg-embedded] The following list is the …
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Lessons and Ideas from Benjamin Graham – by Jason Zweig
Most do it yourself investors have at the very least heard of Benjamin Graham. For the uninitiated, he is often called the father of value investing. To me, he is an individual who provided intense clarity and a clear process to fully understand the stock that goes along with a company and whether or not that stock is worth the market price at the time.[ad#tdg-embedded] There is an absolutely amazing article floating around the internet right now by Jason Zweig about the lessons and ideas …
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Financial Pascalism: Have Faith In The Markets
This is a guest post by The Weakonomist. His posts provide a excellent perspective on finance and I have enjoyed reading his posts. Please ensure you visit his blog and sign up to his RSS feed. Over the last 18 months, I've watched everyone I care about lose faith in the stock market. It's pretty much expected in any recession, but this is my first recession as an adult so it's been painful to watch. This is especially painful because I am responsible for selling them on the power of …
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Guaranteed Target Date Retirement Funds
This post originally appeared on The DIV-Net. My company pension fund has the option of investing in something called a Target Date Retirement Funds. Here is how investopedia defines these types of funds: A mutual fund in the hybrid category that automatically resets the asset mix (stocks, bonds, cash equivalents) in its portfolio according to a selected time frame that is appropriate for a particular investor. A target-date fund is similar to a life-cycle fund except that a target-date fund …
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