When I started out with my very first investment, I was “recommended” a mutual fund with an 8.5% front-end load. For those who aren’t familiar with a load, this meant that for every $100 I invested, only $91.50 made it into my account. [...]
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What if you have a solid financial plan and good investments, but the market tanks and you lose a lot of money any way? [...] Every Investor’s Dream Every investor dreams about finding the next great stock, like a Walmart or a Google. If you are an old school investor like me, you may be thinking about finding a “10-bagger”, as Peter Lynch would call it. Picking just one great stock could change your entire fortune. Why this Rarely Happens for Most Investors Why [...] Well, it was a rough start to 2008. The new year was ushered in with a big drop in the Dow and a rise in oil prices up near $100 per barrel. Although the first day shouldn’t be taken as a harbinger for the entire year, it wasn’t a welcome nor a pleasant way to start off a new year. The Underlying Problems As I [...] Everyone must have been bad this year, because we didn’t get much of a Santa Claus rally. The Dow, S&P 500, NASDAQ and Russell 2000 were all off significantly from their October highs. These indexes were up for the year, but the results were mixed. The S&P was up significantly, while the Dow and S&P were up reasonably [...] |
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