Smallivy

LATEST ARTICLES ( 618 )

• Comparing Returns Against the Markets

  

  This has definitely been a great time for stocks. Ever since the election in 2016, stocks have been heading up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, an index... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Small Investor Book Club Reviews Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing –...

  Do you need a professional money manager? Chapter sixteen of The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing does a great job covering this question. A couple of months... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How to Fund Everything Without Filling Out Tax Forms

  

  A while back, probably right after I'd finished filling out my income tax forms for 2010, I made a post about a tax idea called the Fair Tax. The beauty of... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• What Can Whites Learn from Blacks? And Why Would It Help?

  

  In an oped in our local newspaper, the writer stated that "white folks should learn to listen when black people speak." She then went onto gave her story of... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Small Investor Book Club Reviews Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing

  A couple of months ago I started The Small Investor Book Club, where we would read a book together and offer our thoughts in a later post. For our second book ... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Why Health Insurance Isn’t Working

  

  Health insurance is somewhat different from other forms of insurance. Really, what we call health insurance today is part insurance and part prepaid healthcare... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Beware the Fed

  

  There is an old axiom on Wall Street: "Don't fight the Fed." The Federal Reserve holds an enormous amount of power over the economy. While the President is... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Is It Possible to Save for College?

  

  About 16 years ago I sat down and predicted the growth of my son's college savings account. I was planning to put away $2,000 each year into an Educational... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Dealing with Market Crashes

  

  Let's face it - the market has been doing great lately. We've seen virtually everything go up during the last ten months or so, ever since the election. Talk... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Surprise Hero AND Millionaire

  

  The Surprise Millionaires A decorated army helicopter medic who served his country well left his adopted community quite a gift earlier this summer. The... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Finding a Good Financial Advisor

  

  I am not a financial advisor, as I say in my disclaimer - just an experienced investor willing to share from my experience. I also think that a lot of people... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• How and When to Buy Dividend Paying Stocks

  Utilities, which tend to pay high dividends and have a regulated monopoly, meaning that they have predictable earnings and rarely lose money, were once thought... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• Basic Charting Patterns in Stocks

  

  I don't do a great deal with charting. While there are some who search through charts for price patterns, I've found that charting is useful for telling you... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• The Evil of Income Taxes

  When America was founded, there were no income taxes - just taxes on goods and on trade. It wasn't until about 150 years after the country's founding, there wa... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2017 BUSINESS, FINANCE

• 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