Stock Investing

The Stock Investing Strategy Framework

Framework for stock investing and portfolio rebalancing

 

Here is a framework that may help you in selecting a stock investing strategy that suits you. Different investing strategies carry different types of risks. You have to make choices here. You cannot invest and avoid all the risks. But here there is a framework that gets you a step closer.

Stock Market Investing Guide for Savers

Stock Market Investing Guide to ride long-term trends and bubbles

The Stock Market Investing Guide to ride good times and escape bubbles.

 

Jack was desperately looking for a stock market investing guide. He was desperate because he saw all his friends around him earning more money in the stock market than that he could save from his normal salary. Jack was focusing on his job and his family. He had no time to spend on researching stocks and investments.

Investing Guides to Financial Freedom

The Investing Guide and Road to Financial Freedom was born here.

Place of birth for “The Investing Guide and Road to Financial Freedom”.


This is good. It is 6.30 am on a Thursday morning. The sun is just rising and I’m thinking about my new project: writing “The Investing Guide and Road to Financial Freedom”. In the mornings I do my best thinking… especially when I am walking on a quiet beach with my feet in the sea.

S&P 500, DAX, HSI and GOLD Compared for August and 2011

S&P 500, DAX, HSI, GOLD compared for the month of August 2011

 

Chart 1: S&P 500, DAX, HSI, GOLD compared for the month of August 2011

 

August was a hectic month. Stock markets moved up and down like a yo-yo.

Gold went as a rocket to crash again… or that was what was said on the news.

Here are two charts that provide you with some perspective of what happened during August.

 

Geographical Diversification Lessons from Index Investing for Dummies

Global geographical diversification lessons for dummies

Get the benefits from a global geographical diversified portfolio of index funds


Once your stock investing portfolio is large enough, you can easily use index funds to diversify your investments over different regions in the world. Such a diversification has a few advantages that we will list below.

Here are four reasons for diversifying your stock investments geographically around the world:

The Small Cap Lesson from Index Investing for Dummies

S&P 500 History Trend versus Small Cap and Large Cap
 
US Market Trend Signals can be used for Trend Following Small Cap Index Funds
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Index Investing for Dummies tells us about the opportunity that Small Cap index funds are offering for all investors. At Stock Trend Investing we build on this and show you how Trend Investors can easily follow the long-term trends in Small Cap indices.
 
The DJIA is a price-weighting index of 30 large-cap stocks.

Index Investing for Dummies Review

Index Investing for Dummies Review

 

Index Investing for Dummies is a very useful book about investing, both for beginners as for investors with more experience. It explains and provides the tools for a simple, straightforward and effective approach for long-term investing.

In summary, you can say that it advocates buy and hold investing with low cost ETFs and Mutual Funds that follow well defined stock market indices.

Three Investing for Beginners Lessons: Start with Index Funds, not Stocks

 

 

The biggest loss I ever made on a single investment was the investment in the stock of a company that I knew best. This is a great lesson for beginners who want to start investing. It was in 2000 and I bought shares in the company that I was working for. I know that company inside out. I know its industry. I know the competitors. It was and is the dominant global market leader in its market. And still I lost more than 60% of my investments in that company.

Do You Avoid the Biggest Pitfall of Investing in Mutual Funds?

Many investors have a false sense of safety when they invest in mutual funds. Therefore, they do not like them. Or if you lost a lot of money investing in mutual funds, you may even hate them. But are you aware of the common misunderstanding about investing in mutual funds?

 

A false sense of safety when you invest in mutual funds

 

S&P 500 Trend Investing History Chart - August 2010

Every month, Stock Trend Investing is publishing here one of its history charts for trend investing and trading. This month, this is the history chart for the S&P 500 index.

 

S&P 500 History Chart for Trend Investing and Trading - August 2010

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