about 5 months ago - 1 comment
My understanding of the global financial crisis is that it was largely brought about by the collapse of the real estate and financial industries.
My understanding of stock market investing in general (not much) is that I should buy stock/mutual funds when they are very low so that I can sell them for profit when [...]
about 5 months ago - 1 comment
I am planning to begin investing in mutual funds. Most likely I will open a Roth IRA and invest to the max annually. Then just invest in funds themselves. I’m 42 years old and am generally conservative. I can handle some market fluctuation but I do not want to lose my [...]
about 5 months ago - 1 comment
What yearly rate can you expect in a low return mutual fund? How about a high return mutual fund?
How much can you lose?
What is the worst case scenario of investing in mutual funds (besides the bank closing down and run away)?
about 6 months ago
Bogle believes that you can’t consistently beat the market by timing and stock picking and timing so you’re better of just investing in the whole market via index funds.
The opposite point of view says that you can and point to many people, usually hedge fund managers, because they have records that you can check, who have many years of beating the market. Usually this involves trend following. Bogle, Malkiel, and other insist that this doesn’t work. http://www.michaelcovel.com/2008/06/01/mark-walsh-second-generation-turtle/
For a great explanation of trend following, read Michael Covel’s book with the simple title Trend Following
For fun …
http://socialize.morningstar.com/NewSocialize/blogs/rpetrocelli/2438014/post.aspx