Strategies

Wouldn’t it be nice to not have to worry about investment decisions? The late Harry Browne, libertarian and investment adviser, thought so and proposed what he termed the Permanent Portfolio.

Consider a bear market as a golden opportunity to do some house cleaning and welcome some new stocks that had been evading your portfolio due to high prices.

The Dogs of the Dow strategy is one where investors select the ten stocks that have the highest dividend yield from the stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (DJIA) after the close of business on the last trading day of the year. Once the ten stocks are determined, an investor invests an equal dollar amount in each of the ten stocks and holds them for the entire next year. The popularity of the strategy is its singular focus on dividend yield.

When a market hiccup grows into a major meltdown, new investment opportunities always become abundant. Below is a list of 10 things to think about doing - or to avoid doing - during corrections of any magnitude:

It’s the investor who stays invested, regularly investing through good and bad, who ends up with the incredible long-term returns and this is why I want to share these rules. I’m hopeful they can provide some counterbalance the next time you feel “noise” is making decisions for you.

It is still too early to know for sure whether this is just a "correction" or a "change in the trend" of the market so pay attention to the market as its action this year is very reminiscent of previous market topping processes. Words: 859

Here's a REIT backed by the “full faith and credit” of the U.S. government - and yielding 5.8%.

Long-term oriented investors and speculators should be aware of the near-term trends but they should also be aware of the conditions that will lead to a shift from a bear market to a bull market. Here, we focus on five factors that precede major bottoms in precious metals.

It is still not too late for thinking people to review their present holdings and consider how steep price declines will impact their financial and life plans over the next decade and beyond.

The difference between 1) investing and speculating, and 2) understanding risk tolerance are two primary points for any investor seeking to make sound decisions with their money to understand.