(This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net) When investor's talk about mistakes it is often in relation to the "worst" investment mistake they ever made. I am going to turn this around today and talk about the "best" investment mistake I ever made. This example is the "best" mistake because I learned a number of lessons from it. In fact, when I think of many of my investment mistakes I believe that I have learned more from them than I have from the investment moves that have done …
Keeping Investing Simple: Only 2 Real Reasons Why We Invest
This post is not about saving money. There are many reasons we all need to save money. It may be for retirement, a new Porsche, an emergency fun or those pair of 7 For All Mankind jeans you had your eye on. Instead this post is about dividend investing and the only two reasons that people truly invest their money. Without adding to the suspense, here are those two reasons: 1. To stay ahead of inflation As we have recently seen, prices of goods can go up. The only way to protect our …
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Carnival of Investing – July 29, 2008 Edition
Welcome to the July 29, 2008 edition of investing carnival. I am pleased to be hosting the carnival this week and appreciate everyone's input and work they have put into the individual posts. Editor's Picks Dividend Growth Investor presents Some Cheap Stocks to Consider posted at Create Rising Passive Income From Dividend Paying Stocks. Mike Markin presents High-Dividend Stocks Will Protect You from Mortgage Mess posted at Contrarian Profits, saying, "Tom Dyson says the best …
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Even Warren Buffet is Down 20% This Year
Do you know anybody who has a stock portfolio that is showing positive returns this year? If you do, and they are not holding all cash (that doesn't count) then please let me know. Even super-investor Warren Buffet is down 20%, and that must mean that the markets are really, really bad. In an article on ChicagoTribune.com, the journalist explains, The falloff exceeds the drop of the Standard & Poor's 500 index and marks the worst first half for the Omaha-based investment and holding …
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The 9 Rules of Risk Management
Risk management is a tough topic for investors to comprehend (me included). The difficulty comes when you need to try to measure the risk of a particular stock. Wouldn't it be helpful if there were some rules that could help guide an investor? As I was browsing through my local Chapters (like Barnes and Noble) and saw the book The Art of Asset Allocation the author referenced a series of nine rules that were developed by the RiskMetrics Group. This list is helpful not because it tells you …
6 Warning Signs a Company May Cut Its Dividend
Last week I wrote about what to do if the dividend on your stock holding is cut. I wanted to take this a step further and have done some investigation on what some of the dividend investing experts have suggested are some warnings signs that a dividend may be at risk of being cut. This list comes from the author of the book The Ultimate Dividend Playbook. In my opinion, Josh Peters has put together the most comprehensive and valuable list of warning signs an investor can use during their …
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