Economics

How and why quantitative investing can help the individual investor Do you want to make money from the stock market? I do. How do I do this? I am a big fan of narrowing the universe of stocks to choose from before you start to make your own investment decisions. My rationale is there is [...]

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If this was a test, which phrase does not belong with the other two when trying to evaluate, if a stock market crash prediction is real or just doomsayers forecasting the worst for the financial markets: moving averages stock market news quantitative valuations For me, if you want to know where the stock market is [...]

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Living your dream means living a life of meaning It is beyond me why some people are afraid to live their dreams. I know life is hard and you have pressures from all side, money, parents, fears but why do you not live your dream? You have to be strong because this is the only [...]

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Do you feel government only helps the rich? My wife and I were debating politics and economics the other day. She has a masters in political science and I have a masters in economics, so these are usually good debates.   I am generally pretty libertarian, however, in a moment of weakness I say it [...]

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People lose money in the stock market for two reason The reason why people lose money in the stock market is twofold. Either they are unlucky, as the stock market is still a combination of skill and luck, or they do not have a disciplined approach to investing. It is that simple. You can make [...]

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I am an American living in Kraków, Poland. I am also a Polish citizen and an investor. My view of the Polish real estate market is this, if you want to buy a house to live in for the next ten years, that means owner occupied, I think this is fine. But if you are [...]

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Fast ways to make money – I have tried and work Do you need to make 10,000 dollars fast? Do you want to try to add income to your main job for fun? These are ranked in order of effectiveness based on my own personal experience. Again these are fun ways to earn cash. Have [...]

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The purpose of this post is to explain Islamic economics clearly for a Westerner. I wrote this because I see a lot of information on the web about Islamic economics that is confusing because people are debating the details of economics according to the Koran and missing the overall intent. People get lost in the [...]

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Was Adam Smith laissez-faire What did it mean that Adam Smith was laissez-faire? This asks another question, did Adam Smith really support an economy free from government interference? Generally yes, but there is more to the story and it is worth trying to understand more on the subject. The most important thing is to understand [...]

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Certificate of Deposits at the Bank as an Investment The purpose here is to answer the question “are bank CDs good investments”? Further, what about CDs vs. Stocks. When I was a stock brokers one of the most common ways to hook a new client was asking them what return their CDs were earning at [...]

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