Just as a farmer can hedge against changing crop prices, you and I can hedge against forces beyond our control; things like gas prices, interest rates, food expenses, and the housing market for instance. While many people assume such a role by default, we don’t have to be a victim to volatile changes in macroeconomic […]
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Anyone can achieve wealth over time with the awesome tax-sheltered tools we have available, and it’s actually incredibly easy to do so. Individual Retirement Accounts, or IRAs, are my favorite vehicle for tax-free growth. If you don’t know much about IRAs, there’s a gazillion good resources out there to check out (all I will say […]
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Every single investor will without a doubt agree that buying low and selling high is preferable to the contrary. Yet many investors do anything but. It’s the same story every time; the majority of people buy when stocks are expensive and end up selling in a panic when the party ends. Why does this pointless […]
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For a while now, I’ve been shifting some money around in my portfolio to try and ready myself for an extended bear market. At this time last year, I was a little too heavily exposed to growth stocks. Ever since the credit mess began to be exposed and we began seeing massive inflation due largely […]
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Dividends are easily one of the greatest sources of passive income. Keeping up on your portfolio and doing taxes once a year are well worth it to receive payments that arrive like clockwork. More so than a lot of other income sources, dividends are entirely dependent on how much capital you have. For this reason, […]
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