I find it interesting when the financial media makes bold predictions for individual stocks or mutual funds and as time passes the reasoning for the pick erodes. My interest may be based in on my love for history or it may be because of people’s failure to apply sense of accountability. In Part 1 of… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Investments
Investing For Your Children
There is a range of options for saving money for your children, each with its advantages and disadvantages. Ordinary Savings Account This type of instant-access flexible savings account is generally available from many banks and building societies. It allows you or your child to deposit money into the account either by paying it in over… Continue Reading
Screening Covered Call Options for my Traditional IRA
For the past couple years I have have mostly ignored my Traditional IRA. I would put money into it every once in a while but it would mostly just purchase the only mutual fund that was in it The Fidelity Freedom 2050 (FFFHX). I know that sunk costs shouldn’t matter but I promised myself if… Continue Reading
Researching Foreign Investments
When you don’t live in a country it can be incredibly difficult to research any potential investments. With different currencies, government structures and cultures, it can soon become a deadly minefield of lost money and stressed phone calls. This is why it is so incredibly important to research all investments thoroughly. In years gone by… Continue Reading
How I Use The Google Docs Spreadsheet For Investing
I am not exactly sure how Microsoft still profits off the office suite of products considering the awesomeness that is both google docs and openoffice; although I guess they figured out the model might be currently flawed as they have recently moved to an ad based, stripped down version of the product installed on new… Continue Reading
Updating My Dividend Income Investment Portfolio
Every two to three months I like to update my Dividend Investment Portfolio (or known around these parts as the article formally known as the Perpetual Income Machine) and since my last update was in December of 2011 I figured it was about time. These posts are to provide myself with a “watch list” for… Continue Reading
