These tasks will help keep you calm when you aren’t sure about the market.
Stocks
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After deciding how much of your portfolio should be in each asset class (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.), the next asset allocation decision to make is how much of your portfolio should be invested in your own country’s stock market and how much should be invested abroad. Weighting by market capitalization A common sense starting point […]
In a matter of weeks, I saw my portfolio erode at a rate that I thought was only possible in months/years instead days/weeks. The other day, I was looking at the disastrous performance of my stock investments through financial statements and asked myself one question: “Did I make a financial mistake by investing in stocks […]
As you may recall that a few weeks ago, I asked whether I should buy an investment property in this housing market given that I didn’t even own a primary residence yet. There were quite a few very insightful comments left by my readers and first of all, I’d like to thank you for […]
One of the readers recently asked: I see that you do quite a bit of trading via E*trade and I think it would be pretty cool to have a post about how you went about making your first stock purchase. Naturally, I agreed to this because I would gladly share my experience with everyone. Let […]