http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/6085 Every investor's goal is to find undervalued investment and then sell it when it reaches fair value. To find the fair value of a common stock, we need to predict the profits generated by the stock over a period of time. This prediction may not be accurate. Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:33:41 PST en-us http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/6085 http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/6085 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:33:41 PST How a 46 year old internet neophyte made his way on the web and found his voice! http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/3428 http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/3428 Sun, 24 May 2009 01:46:34 PST When is 3 percent better than 6 percent? Yeah, we all know the answer, but only until the prices of the securities we already own begin to fall. Then, logic and mathematical acumen disappear and we become susceptible to all kinds of special cures for the periodic onset of higher interest rates. We’ll be told to sit in cash until rates stop rising, or to sell the securities we own now, before they lose even more of their precious Market Value. http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5645 http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5645 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:10:10 PST It matters not what lines, numbers, indices, or gurus you worship, you just can't know where the stock market is going or when it will change direction. Too much investor time and analytical effort is wasted trying to predict course corrections… even more is squandered comparing portfolio Market Values with a handful of unrelated indices and averages. http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5648 http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5648 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:54:01 PST So, in addition to the normal risks associated with investing in general, we add: speculating in narrowly focused sectors, guessing on the prospects of unproven small cap companies, experimenting with securities in single countries, rolling the dice on commodities, and hoping for the eventual success of new technologies. http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5652 http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5652 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:21:38 PST Without having mega millions to work with, or a line of credit that goes around the block, you can have positions in various forms of Real Estate (Commercial, Industrial, Residential) at the same time, and focus either on Growth Opportunities, Income Production, or a combination of the two. http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5657 http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5657 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:36:05 PST Value stocks are those that tend to trade at lower prices relative to their fundamental characteristics than their more speculative cousins, the growth stocks; they have higher than usual dividend yields and lower P/E and P/B ratios. http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5667 http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5667 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:36:21 PST Golfers will spend thousands on instruction, gadgets, machines, clinics, magazines, lessons, drivers, and putters. Investors love the gimmicks, shortcuts, and expert recommendations, but they seem allergic to anything really educational. They must see it as a sign of weakness. Golfers should be better investors. Investors need to introduce themselves to some basic education. http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5675 http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5675 Fri, 14 May 2010 10:53:18 PST Before Wall Street conned investors into thinking of calendar quarters as "short-term" and single years as "long-term", market cycles were used to test investment strategies. Performance analysis was a test of management style and overall methodology, not a calendar year horse race with one of the popular averages. Bor-ing, yes--- but meaningful. http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5678 http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5678 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:05:44 PST The Working Capital Model is a boring, conservative methodology for lowering the slope rating of the most diabolical wealth accumulation courses. Market hazards are avoided with reasonable expectations, and retirement approach shots that grow the annual income chip by chip, throughout the wealth accumulation period. http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5680 http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5680 Fri, 14 May 2010 10:48:14 PST For an endless variety of reasons tin cup amateur investors bring on their own demise by failing to minimize risks using well known basic techniques that are thoroughly documented and supported by sand traps full of statistical evidence. They hit driver with every selection--- it's the only club in their bag. http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5681 http://articleadvocates.com/articleadvocates/Display.cfm/5681 Fri, 14 May 2010 10:49:51 PST