Stock Options Can Lower Risk & Increase Return
Stock Options are misunderstood and thus dangerous for most, but can be powerful tools (if used properly) to lower risk and increase return on your equity investments. This is the beginning of a new series…. We want to share one powerful set of techniques for buying stocks or ETF’s with you. These are slightly more […]
Hedge Funds & A Better Alternative
Hedge Funds are sexy! Why? Because that’s how rich people invest! Well, Ok, but that might not be such a good thing. Let’s break down what a hedge fund is and we’ll see that there are some advantages and disadvantages to them. We’re continuing the series on money management and funds.
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)
An Exchange Traded Fund or ETF is very similar to a Closed End Fund. The ETF is a much newer invention and has been taking the investing world by storm. They originally started as cheap and convenient index funds. Today, most of them are still index funds meaning they have lower costs and are managed […]
Mutual Funds Explained
Mutual Funds explained… In the next few posts in this topic, we’re going to explain how mutual funds work, what they are, and the different types that exist as well as showing you the similarities and differences between mutual funds and ETFs. The most common funds which people own today are mutual funds. Although they […]
Professional Management: Hire the Best!
Professional Management can be a big advantage. We’re continuing a series on Funds… Perhaps, you don’t have the time, skill, or desire to pick individual securities? A fund offers professional management of one kind or another. It might be an Index Portfolio which doesn’t have an active manager, but instead simply matches the securities it […]
Understanding Mutual Funds & ETF’s
Mutual Funds, ETF’s… What’s the difference? Most investors invest their money through funds and for most, that means Mutual Funds. However, Exchange Traded Funds (ETF’s) have been coming on strong in recent years. What are funds? What are the differences between the types of funds? These are the questions we’ll be looking at in this […]
Hedge Funds Made Easy
What is a hedge fund? You’ve probably heard of them, but if you’re like most people, you probably don’t know what they are. A Hedge Fund is a managed portfolio much like a mutual fund, but more complex. However, there are some differences. They have more latitude with how they invest the money within the […]
How Can You be a Better Investor?
We are starting a new series with the goal of making you a better investor. We expect this to be a long topic and perhaps it will actually be more like a series of topics, but wanted to give you an idea of where we’re going. We haven’t written this material yet, so it can […]