This week I’m inspired to share several investing lessons prompted by an article I read in Barron’s financial publication about how the wealthiest families are using low cost debt to make money. This article was sprinkled with powerful wealth nuggets that can be used by anyone seeking to smartly grow their money, whether their net […]
Capital Appreciation as an Investment Objective
Last week in Financial Woman’s Short & Simple Investment Tips, I began a series on investment objectives, beginning with capital preservation. To refresh your memory, investment objective is lingo for goal; what is the main outcome or goal you have for an amount of money you are looking to invest? This is the first question […]
Record Levels and Hummingbirds
As part of my ongoing financial awareness routine, I was sitting happily on the patio this morning reading Barron’s, a weekly publication I have delivered to my home. On Saturday I wrote about trade offs, and again today I am having a pretty good trade off.
What is a stock market index?
As most stock market investors know, the indexes are up significantly from the bottom that occurred this time last year. As of this morning, the S&P index was up 65%, while the Nasdaq index was up 83% over the low last March! What does that mean? I’ll be writing more about the stock market indexes […]