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Index Funds, The Best Get Rich Slow Investment You'll Ever Make

Slow and steady wins the race, and Index Funds are indeed a slow and steady way to make money in the stock market. If you want a get rich quick scheme, read no further. Warren Buffett, the most successful investor in history, has said it over and over again: “The best way in my view [...]

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Beat the Wall Street Gurus at their own game

I’m Going to Do the Exact Opposite of What You’re Doing! So There! If there is one sure rule about Wall Street, it’s that they follow the herd. And it’s hard to make money when you’re just following other people’s investment path. And when the herd starts acting irrationally, driven by fear and not economic [...]

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Retirement, your 401k and an Insane Market

If you’re like most people, your retirement account has dropped substantially over the last few months, and you’re freaking out.  The end of the world is coming!  Armageddon is here! The truth is: the stock market goes up and down in cycles.  These cycles usually last 5-10 years.   Take a look at the chart below. [...]

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Getting Back Into The Market; The Sane Way

With the recent market turmoil, you may be wondering what to do with your portfolio.  Should you sell your  stocks and funds, or should you be buying more? Well, if you listen to the world’s greatest investor, Warren Buffett,  you would be buying.  The market is essentially on sale.  With stocks and funds plummeting, now [...]

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Dollar Cost Averaging: 101

Dollar cost averaging (DCA) is a technique designed to reduce risk when purchasing stocks or mutual funds. If you have a 401k with your employer you’re already dollar cost averaging every time they purchase stock for you. The idea behind dollar cost averaging is to repeatedly invest a set amount of money regardless if your [...]

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Legendary Investors Tweedy Browne Re-open Value Fund

Tweedy, Browne & Company, the legendary investors who were Warren Buffett’s brokers in the 1960′s and 1970′s, have announced today that they are re-opening the Tweedy, Browne Value Fund (TWEBX). Their Global Value Fund (TBGVX) will remain closed. Partners of Tweedy Browne, either past or present, have worked closely with some of the legends of [...]

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Buy Managers, Not Mutual Funds

A Mutual Fund is only as good as its management team. Just ask anyone who stayed in Fidelity Magellan after legendary investor Peter Lynch left in 1990, and received “not so lengendary” returns. Magellan was just a Mutual Fund, not a living breathing entity. The smart investors realized that Peter Lynch was the reason Magellan [...]

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