Many investors feel like bond funds are only to be used in the traditional 60/40 stock bond allocation mix.  They look at them as long term investments that are slow moving and really are a buy and hold affair.  While you definitely can do this there are many uses for bond funds and in some [...]

The value investor Bruce Berkowitz has had tremendous success as the manager and founder of the Fairholme Fund, which has delivered cumulative returns of over 268% as of January 31st, 2010.
In the spirit of great mutual fund managers like Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett, and Donald Yacktman of Yacktman funds, Bruce Berkowitz has developed a system [...]

Gone are the old days where you send a check of you your broker and hope for the best. You never knew whether or not commissions and service fees would eat up your whole investment. With the explosion on the Internet marketplace, discount online brokers have helped the average investor to recoup fees as well [...]

If you are approaching the age of retirement you may be considering the options you have to produce an income for you and your family.  If you are not really interested in playing the stock market or investing in dividends and stocks there are other financial vehicles that will help you reach your goals.  Annuities [...]

Dividend Reinvestment Programs are an investment method offered by a surprising number of companies. The key difference between buying shares in a Dividend Reinvestment Program (or DRIP) is that instead of receiving a dividend as you might with other shares, the company will reinvest the dividends on your behalf, effectively increasing your number of shares [...]

Although there seem to be more and more firms getting involved in high frequency trading these days, the big players in the market (i.e the Goldman Sachs & Credit Suisse’s of this world) remain the same. Having said that however, their share of the market does seem to be decreasing. The question is, does that [...]

How to buy stocks online in 3 gets: Get stocks ready to go up, Get broker to buy stock for you, Get rich. Of course, there is a little more to it than that. These are the steps you will want to take before buying stock online. First you need to find stocks [...]

Wind is the ultimate green power source. It is abundant. It is free, easy to tap into and does not give off any harmful waste products. Wind is also reusable and biodegradability is not an issue. It is the perfect product. If you want to make a handsome profit and feel good doing it, invest [...]

An investor in the stock market makes money trading stock.  There are two kinds of investors, short term and long term.  Short term investing can make more profit than long term investing.  Short term investing means frequently buying and selling stocks.  A long term investor holds his stocks for a long period of time.  Most [...]

There are multitudes of ways to make money on the stock market.  You can go with long term stock picks or you can decide to do day trading.  You can try the traditional methods of buying and selling or you can do the reverse of selling first and then buying.  This is called shorting stocks [...]