Investing in the stock market just before the beginning a recession can bankrupt you but investing just after the end of the recession can produce unimaginable riches. Take the 2008 recession, investing in an ETF following the S&P 500 in October 2007 would have seen your … [Read more...]
Two Things You Wish You Would have Known Earlier about Roth IRAs
Withdraw Your Contributions at Any Time, No Penalties This is probably one the best perks of a Roth IRA compared to other retirement vehicles. Any money you put into your Roth IRA account can be withdrawn at any time, without penalties and of course without taxes since … [Read more...]
How to Beat the Market Using Leveraged ETFs: A Safer and More Profitable approach than Index Funds
Leveraged ETFs are the most evil and dangerous instruments in the Stock Market, or so you would think after reading the countless articles on how you can lose a ton of money in a blink of an eye. Heck, read the prospectus of any 3x leverage ETF and you’d think they really don’t … [Read more...]
87% of Mutual Funds do Worse than the Stock Market
That is according to a report by S&P Dow Jones Indices that compared the performance of Mutual funds to that of the S&P 500 from June 2009 to June 2014. The table of comparisons (with our comments in red) is shown below: In this article, when we refer to the Stock … [Read more...]
Do Financial Advisors beat the Market ?
The short answer is, no, Financial Advisors can't beat the market and in fact, you have a much higher probability at beating the market (and almost all professional advisors, not just financial advisors) if you learn How to Invest in the Stock Market. However, This is the wrong … [Read more...]
