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The Small Investor
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A blog providing investing techniques and wealth building strategies. This site is designed in particular for those in the middle class who would like to become wealthy. Also provides some analysis of economic theories and policy as it relates to wealth creation and quality of life.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1004 )
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What Affects the Prices of Individual Stocks?
So what determines the price of a stock? If a stock's earnings are predictably growing and a stock will be making 20% higher earnings four years later, why... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How to Start Investing in Stocks Continued – Frank’s Next Steps
Let's return to our young investor, Frank. Remember that he started out in investing. He used the traits I speak of under the Stock Picking posts to... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How to Start Investing in Stocks
In looking through the various blogs and chat rooms, I noticed several individuals in similar situations asking questions about investing. I've also had... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Are We Headed for a Crash?
There was an article in Money magazine this month where five market prognosticators are talking about a coming crash. One expects a drop of 50%. Another say... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Hidden Fees in Your Mutual Funds
I found a great tip today, reading through the Bogleheads' Guide to investing - our book-of-the-month, concerning mutual fund fees. There are the fees that... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Do You Need a Professional Money Manager to Invest in Stocks?
Investing is sort of like working on your car. It really isn't all that difficult and most people can learn how to do it. It does take some amount of time,... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Traveling For Work as a Breadwinning Mom – Leaving Guilt Behind
Chief Mom Officer I mentioned last week in my post wondering whether you splurge or go frugal on work travel that I just came back from a week-long business... Read more
Posted on 28 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How Do You Measure Up Against the Markets?
When you're investing, it is easy to fool yourself into thinking that you're doing great, when really you would have been better off just investing in an index... Read more
Posted on 26 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Finding the Right Stocks to Invest in
So how are your investments doing? No, don't just rattle off a war story about how you picked up shares of that great stock on a dip and sold them the next... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Saving Money For Kids – A Primer On Kids Accounts
Chief Mom Officer Good morning all! Over the weekend I was talking on Twitter with my friends Penny from She Picks Up Pennies (pssst....did you miss her... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
The Introduction to “Cash Flow Your Way to Wealth”
I'm excited to say that my second book, Cash Flow Your Way to Wealth, is fully written and going through the first edit. It should be coming out in a couple o... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How to Live Like a Millionaire
Many would love to live the millionaire lifestyle. Spending each day at the beach, on the golf course, or in exotic resorts around the world. Each night... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Is Camping The Ultimate Frugal Vacation? (Plus Five Tips For Starting Camping...
Chief Mom Officer As I write this, the CMO clan just got back from camping in Connecticut near to Rhode Island. We first started camping right after my husband... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Hedging Strategies to Protect Yourself Against a Market Drop
With the big run-up in stocks this year and many people expecting a pull-back or an outright bear market, perhaps you're getting nervous and looking for ways... Read more
Posted on 16 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
The Conservative’s Welfare Plan
Let's face it - welfare just isn't working. There is a lot of money being spent, but a lot of it is being wasted, to the point that kids are showing up at... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Having a Great Vacation Without All of the Money Stress
Summer is the season of vacations and judging from the current hotel rates, people are back out in force. Hotels, airlines, and rental car companies all... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Finding the Right Stocks to Invest in
When I wrote and published the SmallIvy Book of Investing: Book1: Investing to Grow Wealthy, I covered a lot of the information on how to invest, including wha... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Are Rewards Cards Really That Rewarding?
I have a huge amount of respect for Dave Ramsey. I discovered him soon after I moved to Tennessee in 1998. At that time we had just bought a new Jeep... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How to Use Individual Stocks to Increase Your Returns
Perhaps you've been a mutual fund investor and have wondered about buying individual stocks. For many people, mutual funds are all that you need. They are eas... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
A Missed Chance to Change American Healthcare History
Regular readers to the blog will remember the "Parable of the Pipeline," which was created by Burke Hedges. This is an excellent analogy to show how the rich... Read more
Posted on 29 July 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE