Investing
Attacking the Net
When it comes to your finances, are you on offense or defense? Me, I’ve always been a defensive player by nature. I was never the one sprinting down the court for a fast break to the basket. But I was usually the defensive player who intercepted the pass and got it to that point guard [...]
The Least Dirty Shirt in the Basket
Remember when you were in college and you never did your laundry? Something came up and you would rummage through the dirty clothes basket to pull out the least dirty, least wrinkled, least smelly shirt to wear at the last minute? Knowing that your mother would be horrified? Well, that’s what it’s like right now [...]
Building Wealth One Month at a Time
Tired of cinching that proverbial belt ever tighter? The last two years have been all about cutting expenses and doing without, havent’ they? Well I say – maybe it’s time to shift from cutting out the lattes to getting a cut of the coffee profits. If you are ready to take advantage of your new [...]
Be Green or Be Mean?
It’s the time of year when our thoughts turn to helping others. And, as an investor, that can often mean looking for investments that “do good”. But avoiding the “sin stocks” – alcohol, tobacco, gambling, and oil (yes, oil is now a sin in some circles) can have you lagging the market for years to [...]
10 Tips to Working With Your Financial Advisor
For many financial advisors, client service is paramount. They live it, they breathe it, they instill it in their own employees. Really good financial advisors are always trying to be better at client service. So I am always astounded when I talk to someone who has been with an advisor for years and never hears from [...]
All I Want for Christmas…
I still have my two front teeth (although the same can’t be said for my youngest…), so here’s my Financial Wish List for Santa this year: 1. The stock market to go up by 10% in 2010. Bernie Madoff made 10% into a dirty word, but the reality is, if the market went up just 10%, [...]
Harry Potter’s Asset Allocation
The way I see it Harry Potter has a big problem. And it’s not Voldemort. He’s got all that gold sitting in Gringott’s, creating a gigantic overweight in his investment portfolio. If a vast new vein of the precious metal is discovered or he needs some Muggle cash quickly, he’s in big trouble. On the [...]
The Reality of Real Estate
Stocks and bonds are good, but real wealth comes from owning property. Or so my father always claimed. Of course, he grew up on a cotton farm where the more land you had, the more cotton you could plant and the more money you could supposedly make. But some years the price of cottonseed and equipment repair [...]
Cool Down with A Hot Commodity
Most of us average josephine investors couldn’t tell you the difference between a hot commodity and a coconut. Actually, TECHNICALLY a coconut is a commodity, although not exactly a hot one. No wonder it’s sometimes hard to know the difference. A commodity is simply a physical, interchangeable good that someone, somewhere wants to buy or sell. [...]
Becoming A Bond Babe
Back in the day (when I was young and single), a wise older woman decided to give me some of her hard-earned advice. Chatting at a cocktail party, she pulled me aside and whispered conspiratorially in my ear, ” Whatever else you do, honey – always buy your own jewelery.” Now I was never really [...]
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