Building a portfolio, part 3: Diversification
This is part 3 in the Building a Portfolio series. After making an investment plan and building defenses in the previous parts, this
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Advies
Factors that destroy profits
Every starting investor will have to be aware that certain factors will always eat away at rate of returns. These factors are a
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Five important figures and ratios
When deciding to buy stocks from a certain company, the amount of numbers, ratios and percentages to consider can be quite daunting. There
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Building a portfolio, part 2: Defense first
This is the second part in the Building a portfolio series of articles. The first part dealt with making a decent investment plan.
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Building a portfolio, part 1: The plan
This article will be the first in a series of articles dedicated to building a decent investment portfolio. Let me start by saying
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Transaction costs and their effect on rate of return
Transaction costs are a necessary evil every investor has to deal with when buying or selling securities. These costs vary widely from broker
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Beware the speculative side of today’s market
As a starting investor it’s important to know the difference between investing and speculating. Many people that don’t know the difference might start
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Start investing as young as possible
The following bit of advice is something I would like to tell my teenage self if time travel is ever invented: start investing
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The first step: personal finance
There is one important rule when it comes to investing: only invest money that isn’t needed for anything else. Never invest money you
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