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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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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Lessons learned as a Volkswagen shareholder
In terms of experience I’m still just a starting investor. This means that most advice given on this website is from the limited
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What are indexes?
Any investor dealing with stocks or derivatives will have to know what indexes are. Every tradable stock on the open market can be
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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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Derivatives and other tradable products
For every beginning investor the amount of tradable products on the market can be overwhelming. There are mutual funds, ETFs, turbo longs, turbo
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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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Website update: added ‘sources’ page
For every article written on this site, multiple sources are used. Although a lot of text comes from personal experience, I can’t write
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