The process of dollar cost averaging is a simple yet fool-proof way to add funds to and build your portfolio regardless of what the markets are doing.  The  premise is simple: usually done in monthly increments, you add the same amount of money each time to your holdings.  You don’t have to worry about trying […]

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In my last post I mentioned that I did not have any ETFs at the time.  Since then, I did make an ETF purchase for my portfolio.  If I could go back to when I started investing, I definitely would have set a solid ETF foundation in my portfolio before adding individual stocks. 
 
Maintaining a […]

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An Exchange Traded Fund, or ETF, is an investment that mimics the movement of a broad index and trades on the markets just like a stock.  ETFs are similar to mutual funds in that they are diversified among many different holdings, but the similarities pretty much stop there.   ETFs offer many advantages over mutual funds, […]

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