Smallivy
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The Small Investor
http://smallivy.wordpress.com/
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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It’s Never Too Early to Start an IRA
My son is currently in Boy Scouts, so I find myself hanging around the scout meetings on Tuesday nights. A couple of years ago when I finished the first... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Take Risks When You’re Young, Sleep Easy When You’re Old
Proper investing is all about taking appropriate risks. An appropriate risk is one where the reward justifies the risk you are taking. Basically, you want to... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
What “America” Means to Me
Note: This post goes well outside the normal topics of investing and personal finance, but it is my blog…. The word “America” means different things to differen... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
A Preview of the Upcoming Cash Flow Book
You may have noticed that the posts are a little less frequent than they have been in the past. This is because I’ve been working on a new book, Cash Flow your... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How Taxes Keep You from Building Wealth
No one likes taxes, but everyone likes government services. Everyone likes the idea of having “free” things, like roads, schools, and health care. Read more
Posted on 04 September 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How Much Should You Invest in Each Stock Or Fund?
Dear SmallIvy, Hi, I was curious what your opinion is on the minimum amounts to invest in stocks or funds? I’m currently 30 years old and threw some money into... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How I Would Invest $10,000
So you’ve come into a little money or maybe you’ve just been saving for a while and would like to invest. Equities are one of the best ways to invest because... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Why Don’t We Have the Fair Tax Yet? A Late Night Rant.
About three years ago I published Ten Reasons that you should like the Fair Tax. I gave ten great reasons that we should enact the Fair Tax – yesterday. Things... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Picking Stocks for Long-Term Growth
As I’ve said before, it is very difficult to predict the near-term future. It is much easier to predict the long-term future, at least in the investment world. Read more
Posted on 22 August 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Obamacare is Failing. Here’s a Better Way.
For years the Affordable Care Act was being rolled out in drips and drabs, and having portions delayed to avoid angering voters right before critical elections. Read more
Posted on 19 August 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Cash Flow Your Way To Wealth
Those of you out there who have the first book of The SmallIvy Book of Investing series, Investing to Grow Wealthy, know that the first book covers most... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
What is Momentum Investing?
Last time we talked about value investing, which is based on the Firm Foundation Theory. Today we’ll talk about momentum investing. It is based upon what it... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
What is Value Investing?
The two most popular investing strategies for picking stocks are value investing and momentum investing. You’ve probably seem mutual funds with these terms in... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Simple Steps to Making 401Ks Better
My broker feels that 401Ks – the retirement plans that have largely replaced pensions – are a terrible idea and that most people would be better off in a... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
The Good and Bad of Adding Fiduciary Duty
I was talking to my broker the other day about the changes that are coming for individual retirement accounts. The biggest change is that brokers and others... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
A Different Plan for Those at the Bottom
Welfare was started in an effort to lift those in desperate poverty up to the level where they had the necessities of life, such as food and clothing. Read more
Posted on 07 August 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Are Teacher Salaries Actually Low?
I was reading an excellent guest post in the blog So Over Debt. The post is excellent in that it recommends things like not going into huge amounts of student... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
What, Me Worry? The Best Mindset to Have When Investing.
Perhaps the greatest obstacle we have when investing is our own mindset. Our psychology acts against us, preventing us from doing the right things at the right... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Why I’m Not a Fan of “Free” Stuff
This election you have a lot of people talking about “free” things. Free healthcare. Free college. Surely free food and clothing should be coming soon since the... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
A Financial Checklist for Your New Job
Congratulations on getting your first job. I know that college was a lot of late hours, then the whole job search was exhausting. You probably thought... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2016 BUSINESS, FINANCE