Protect Your Credit
As most of you know by now, the credit reporting agency Equifax was the victim of a massive hack recently. As a result, almost half of all Americans may have had their most sensitive information, including social security number, date of birth and home address, exposed for all the (criminal) world to see. If someone has this information, they can easily steal your identity, allowing them to open...
Read MoreThe Awesome Power Of Compounding
This week will be a simple blog, yet it could be one of the most important things you’ll ever read. And while the concept may seem rudimentary, it is extraordinarily powerful. This is how true wealth is created; not by excessive trading or via arcane investment strategies. No, true wealth is built by compounding your money over time. It’s really as simple as that. For the purposes of...
Read MoreDon’t Succumb To Blind Fear
The past week has been a very turbulent, and nerve-wracking, time for investors. Stock markets around the world have been rocked by massive losses. In just the seven trading sessions, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (#DJIA) has fallen about 850 points, or 5%. By comparison, the S&P 500 has fallen 5.2%, the UK FTSE a slightly better 4.8% while the German DAX has dropped a whopping 6.9%....
Read MoreHave You Taken My Advice?
This year I’ve written blogs entitled “Don’t Panic”, “I Hope You Didn’t Sell”, “It’s Still Not Time To Panic”, “Tech Stocks On Sale” and “The Market Continues To Climb A Wall Of Worry”, to name a few. Do you see the trend? Throughout the year I’ve urged my newsletter and blog readers, as well as my clients,...
Read MoreInvest or Die Poor
Do I have your attention? Good. This is serious stuff. If you are like the vast majority of Americans, you are primarily responsible for your own financial future. And the deck is stacked against you. In the old days, before the 1990’s or so, it used to be that you got a job, worked there for 20 or 30 or 40 years, retired at 60 or 65 with a nice pension, then lived your remaining lives...
Read MoreIt’s Still Not Time To Panic
Even though the market has dropped for four straight days, with losses on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (#DJIA) yesterday exceeding 200 points, it still isn’t time to panic. It would appear that, once again, the turmoil is principally related to the unrest in the Ukraine, with additional worries about stagnating growth in China. The bottom line to me is that all of this is simply noise....
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