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 ( 1003 )
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Buy on the Rumor, Sell on the News
Photo by Tim Douglas on Pexels.com There’s an old saying on Wall Street that you should “Buy on the rumor, then sell on the news. Read more
Posted on 09 March 2024 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How to Allocate Assets
Photo by Dziana Hasanbekava on Pexels.com Investing to Win provides a strategy for growing wealth in the markets that is the result of decades of investing... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2024 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Are Those Returns Average Or Annualized?
Photo by Eva Bronzini on Pexels.com Average and Annualized Often you’ll hear returns from a fund quoted in an advertisement. If you look at your 401k statement... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2024 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How Much is a Life Worth
Photo by Julian Jagtenberg on Pexels.com Money is time. Money is just a storage of time that you can use when you wish. When you get a $20, you have in your han... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2024 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How Safe and Profitable Are Individual Stocks
Dear SmallIvy: Burning Question: I am trying to learn about Stocks etc. I purchased 2 shares of Warner Music Group yesterday through Robinhood, an app I... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2024 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Stepping into the Great Dividend Debate
Photo by Markus Winkler on Pexels.com Financial Twitter (FinTwit) has gotten into a debate over whether it is better to buy dividend stocks or growth stocks. Read more
Posted on 15 January 2024 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
How to Manage Your 401k
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com Investing in stocks in a 401K is actually quite simple. The reason is that, unlike a traditional brokerage account wher... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2024 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
What Factors to Use When Picking Stocks
Photo by Alesia Kozik on Pexels.com Stock picking is an art form that requires experience and an inherent feel for which companies will do well, but there are... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
The Time for Small Stocks is Coming
Photo by Nubia Navarro (nubikini) on Pexels.com The 2010s and early 2020s were the time for the rise of the mega caps. Google, Amazon, Netflix, Ebay, FaceBook,... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
The 4% Rule Reexamined
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com The 4% rule has become sacred ground in the FinTwit space. In case you’ve been living under a rock, the 4% rule is the... Read more
Posted on 23 December 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Do You Have a Bad Money Manager?
Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com Going through Financial Twitter, or FinTwit, I came upon a post that went something like this: “The returns of my... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Why the Pushback on DINKs?
Photo by Anastasiya Lobanovskaya on Pexels.com Several DINKs (Dual Income, No Kids) couples started posting videos on Tik-Tok about why being a DINK is the... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
A Better Way to Help the Unfortunate
Photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels.com Part of the reason for trying to become financially independent is to be able to help the unfortunate. Read more
Posted on 03 December 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
An ETF IS a Mutual Fund
Photo by Markus Winkler on Pexels.com Often in the FinTwit world I’ll see people with thousands of followers declare that “ETFs are better than mutual funds,” o... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
The Most Basic Way to Start Investing
Photo by John Guccione http://www.advergroup.com on Pexels.com The difference between people who live a life of security and those who struggle with bills is... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Thinking About Buying VOO? Maybe Think Again
Photo by Collis on Pexels.com Investing often becomes a fad. There have been the Nifty Fifty, Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs), the dot.com boom, the meme... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Is It Possible to Save for College?
Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com About 22 years ago I sat down and predicted the growth of my son’s college savings account. I was planning to put... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Investing to Win
This week my new investing book, Investing to Win, is out! I’m really excited about this book. It puts all of the wisdom I’ve gathered from my almost 40 years o... Read more
Posted on 16 September 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
What to Do in Market Crashes
There have been some good weeks this year, but there have also been some tough days in the markets. “Choppy” is a good way to describe the markets. The economic... Read more
Posted on 26 August 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE -
Funds You Really Don’t Want to Buy. Why You Should Anyway
Photo by Liza Summer on Pexels.com I’m sure you’ve done this: You’re going through your 401k statement or looking through the funds on your 401k firm’s website... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2023 BUSINESS, FINANCE