Investment Strategy
Investing in a Roth IRA is a great idea, particularly if you already have a 401(k) or Thrift Savings Plan at work. Roth IRAs are among the simplest and most flexible types of retirement savings accounts. However, there are a lot of pitfalls that can mitigate the benefits, and deciding whether to invest in a Roth IRA or Traditional IRA is not … [Read more...]
Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, stocks have been one of the best-performing asset classes, and have reliably turned dollars into millions. But they are volatile. Investors happily buy them when they're expensive, and fearfully sell them when they fall in price during a recession, and end up under-performing the very average they're … [Read more...]
For investors that hold some individual stocks in their portfolio, I recently published three stock analysis articles on Seeking Alpha: U.S. Bancorp is a Buy Under $50 U.S. Bancorp is reasonably priced in the low-to-mid $50's, compared to a broad market that is overvalued by a number of metrics. The company maintains industry-leading … [Read more...]
Diversification is one of the most important things to get right when managing a portfolio, because when done properly, it can increase the rate of return you can expect from a given amount of total risk, or decrease the risk required to achieve a given rate of return. When some assets are rising in price, usually other ones are declining, which … [Read more...]
Having a high credit score gives you so many options. You can get the credit cards with the highest rewards, and you can get the absolute lowest rates on any loans you use. If you apply for a mortgage without an exceptional credit score, you're leaving so much money on the table. It can even increase your chances of getting a job or … [Read more...]