There must be a death cross at some point before every bear market, but it’s such an erratic signal that one could get 10 false signals before a meaningful one arrives. If something only works 1 out of 10 times is it really worth monitoring?
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Why should blue chip stocks be your starting point when creating a diversified portfolio and what exactly defines blue chip stocks? In this post, I...answer those questions and more.
Read More »4 Major Benefits Of A Dollar Cost Averaging Investment Strategy
Dollar cost averaging is a simple and effective strategy of investing fixed amounts of cash at predetermined times. If you invest $1,000 every month, then you are dollar cost averaging. The strategy is easy to understand, but many of the benefits are not so obvious. Here are 4 such benefits:
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Investors are gradually becoming more anxious about trends and various political decisions. Tariffs are part of this anxiety. Interest rates are part of this anxiety. A possible market correction is also part of this anxiety. This current emotion of anxiety could turn into concern which could, in time, turn into fear.
Read More »How Early & Deferred Social Security Retirement Benefits Affect Monthly Payment Amounts
Waiting a few months or years to receive your Social Security retirement benefit would increase the amount that you eventually receive and this would have a huge impact on your total lifetime benefits. Conversely, taking your benefit early would result in a reduced payment based on how early you do so. Here are the details to help you decide what to do.
Read More »Annual Rates of Inflation: Since World War 2; Over Past 10 Years and Y-o-Y (+2K Views)
This look further back into the past dramatically illustrates the extreme oscillation between inflation and deflation during the first 70 years of our timeline.
Read More »Roth IRA: 4 Benefits In Addition To Just Saving For Retirement
You hear a lot about how great a Roth IRA is for saving for your retirement - after all, who wouldn’t want their money to grow tax-free and be able to withdraw it tax-free too - but there are some additional benefits to investing in a Roth IRA that exceeds just saving for retirement...[and this article] highlights 4...
Read More »These Are the 5 Key Steps To Financial Freedom
Whatever the end goal of financial freedom looks like for you, there are a 5 simple key first steps that everyone must take to get there. All you need to do is decide that you are ready to transform your life for the better, and you will be well on your way to living the life of your dreams.
Read More »How Have Gold/Silver Mining Stocks Performed Compared To Gold Over Past 20 Years?
To protect one's wealth against risks one must own physical gold. Acquiring gold mining shares...[instead]would be a mistake. This article proves that contention.
Read More »The Bubbles in Housing & Stocks Are Supported By An Invisible Bubble In Greed, Euphoria & Credulity! (+2K Views)
We believe what we believe will make us rich, what feeds our euphoric confidence that the bubble-music will never stop and our credulity that bubbles which we know will pop will not pop until we've safely cashed out.
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