Both Motley Fool Stock Advisor and Rule Breakers have their fans. They also have a lot in common. Stock Advisor offers two done-for-you stock picks every month and is sold as a stand-alone subscription. Motley Fool Rule Breakers used to be sold separately but is now part of Motley Fool’s Epic bundle. Here’s our Motley … Read more
Investing on your own? Here are some DIY investing tips and tricks. What to Consider Let’s face it. After health, happiness and family, how to manage your nest egg is probably the most important decision you will have to make in your lifetime. Portfolio management, diversification and asset allocation are just some of the considerations. Overwhelmed yet? Luckily, there … Read more
Investors, like all people, are driven by psychological forces. Behavioral finance is a field of study that attempts to explain why humans makes investing Why do investors make the decisions that they do? This course will explain why. Irrationality Take a look at this picture: Well…are they? At first glance, they look crooked. But it … Read more
Not everyone can take an $18 million fund and turn it into $14 billion in just 13 years. Not unless you’re Peter Lynch that is. He beat the S&P 500 in 11 of those 13 years. Learn the basics of his investing philosophy with us today! Who’s Your Hero? Heroes. Hopeful models have Gisele. Little Leaguers … Read more
Philip Fisher is the pioneer of growth investing. Learn the fundamentals of his investing strategy in this course. The Birth of Growth Investing “He should take extreme care to own not the most, but the best.” — Philip Fisher The name’s Fisher, Philip Fisher Growth vs. Value Investing When investors are asked to describe their investment … Read more
In this article we’ll look at investment risk tolerance. We’ll explain what risk is, and help you learn a bit about your risk tolerance. We’ll talk about how risk is related to different aspects of your life. And finally, we’ll look at how to manage investment risk while striving for the best returns. Do you … Read more
Before you invest your hard earned cash into the market, you need to identify what your financial goals are. Let’s learn how to properly set your financial goals. Before anything, goals Successful people in life set goals and meet them (hopefully, they exceed them). Goals are important because they force us to define what type … Read more
Dollar Cost Averaging Investing in the stock market involves a lot of unpredictable factors. So many first time investors get scared off by not knowing what stock(s) to buy at what time. Timing the market is a daunting task, but thankfully there are strategies that take timing out of the investing equation. Dollar Cost Averaging … Read more
Some companies these days have so many branches it can be hard to keep track of how they are performing. That’s where Fundamental Analysis comes into play. Fundamental Analysis strips away all the extra investments and activities of a business, leaving you with the nucleus. The key to smart investing is to look at how … Read more
Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return, or NPV and IRR, are 2 sides of the same coin. They both answer the question “Is this investment worth it?” The answer of course is “it depends” and today we’re going to learn how to determine the best projects to invest in. What is Net Present … Read more