Risk and Risk Tolerance for Beginning Investors

Before anyone begins investing, it is essential to understand some of the basic principles of investing. You must understand risk, return, volatility, and risk tolerance. When we did find a risk in investing we can define it as the uncertainty of investments return. Before you begin investing you likely had a savings account where your [...]

Beginner Stock Market Investing

Charting a course towards financial success should be the first step you take in beginner stock market investing. What vehicle you choose, what strategy you employ will only be a successful as the plans you make before you invest. Investing for beginners or investing for professionals, the same rules apply you must have a plan [...]

Market Sectors To Watch

We are getting perilously close to that 7800 area on the Dow that was the intraday low we hit in November and bounced back up. This time if we hit it, I do not think it will hold. I believe we will be heading a lot lower around the 6500 area possibly 6000. The markets [...]

Of Bulls and Bears, Investing In Stocks

Making money in the stock market is easy sometimes and sometimes it is just plain work. For those invested in mutual funds, do you realize every stock mutual fund with the exception of one has lost money in 2008? It is not an easy market to trade. Now if professional money managers are having a [...]

Beginner Investing , How Much Money Should I Invest

How Much Money Should I Invest When considering how much you should invest, one of the first questions you should ask yourself is how much can I afford to invest.  In your deliberations, you should consider factors we have discussed previously, like your current financial situation. Are you making payments on high interest credit cards [...]