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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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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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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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I have invested since I was a teen and made a lot of money. However, return on investment is only one reason I bought and sold stocks. I think I have done this mostly because it is good clean fun. Yes investing in the stock market is fun. Reasons the stock market is fun There [...]

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In theory I take a disciplined approach to investing. I have a basic system I follow and it has been very good to me. I have never calculated my returns however, my investment accounts have steadily increased and I have basically avoided the recent downturns in the market in the last few years. How I [...]

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If you want to invest well you need to learn one thing, how to tune out the noise. This is the psychology of investing. Experts have written many books on this topic, however, they are all wrong. Why? There is only one rule for investing in the stock market or currency market or any other [...]

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When I was a broker it was trendy to invest in socially responsible mutual funds. The question is does this investment strategy work when it comes down to returns?  These funds under performed other mutual funds. However, for me ethical investing works and I recommend it. What is socially responsible investing There are two parts [...]

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There is one free resource that you can use to pick stocks and trade in your portfolio. It is actually not a tool but a man. He has an amazing record for beating the index not for one year but over the long-term.Where the S&P returned 37% in the last 13 years, he returned a [...]

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