All posts by Bryan Kelly
Warren Buffett explains gold
Warren Buffett explains the investment value of gold. He points out the key difference between productive and non-productive assets. Wealth building investors buy productive assets. But gold is not a productive asset for investors.
Read MoreInvesting can be fun, interesting and slow
Learning to invest well can be fun, interesting and manageable. It just can’t be fast. It does take time. An hour a week can be used to learn but an hour a day can be put to very good, interesting and profitable use to learn, select and manage a portfolio well.
Read More3 Yeses or no investment
3 Yeses or no investment! Superior investors say no to investing unless the economy, market, and company all say yes. Waiting for three yeses aligns the odds in their favor by avoiding the common error of missing the market and economic signals. By knowing the importance of the economic, market, and company facts, investors give themselves a huge advantage. And they play that advantage by waiting for the three yeses before investing.
Read MoreInvestment impatience destroys wealth
Investment danger impatience zaps wealth. Let rising stocks add to your wealth. Early selling takes away all your upside potential wealth.
Read MoreAvoiding Costly Investing Mistakes
6 Sins of new investors, introduces 6 common investing sins and opens a seven part White Top View series, Playing Market Odds. The investing sin list: making investments based only on a media report, investing without research, holding investments that are losers, investing in turnaround or bankrupt companies, averaging down by buying more of a loser, not learning about or paying attention to investments. These 6 investing sins of beginners are mistakes that have the nasty habit of being costly. We learn about them, avoid them and quickly correct the mistakes we make.
Read MoreInvesting time or advisor time?
Time to invest or time for an advisor? Is your financial future and security worth some time? Too little time and you have no choice but to use an advisor. If your future is important enough, spending time well can significantly improve investment returns. But it takes time and effort. This White Top View blog post discusses personal finance and investing basic topics.
Read MoreJoin exceptional wealth builders!
Why be normal? Be an exceptional investor! Why be normal when you can choose to be exceptional. That applies to everything you thing and do as well as investing so choose to be exceptional. Learning to invest, thinking and doing can produce exceptional results.
Read MoreSmall investors have advantages
Small investor advantages Warren Buffett knows. Warren Buffett tells us that small investors have a growth advantage over huge investment accounts. This post discusses how that can be. When you or Warren Buffett are considering an investment opportunity, the opportunity must have the potential to make a difference to your portfolio. The advantages include, 1. Returns make a big difference, 2. Oh yes! Size matters! 3. Faster growth numbers, 4. Liquidity advantage, 5. Playing the pecking order, 6.New listings and startups. 1st of 2 parts.
Read MoreInvestors deal with high frequency trading
How investors deal with high frequency trading dramatically changes investing results. Getting the details right can protect investments and trades from HFT. The lesson teaches how superior investors play their small investor advantages to deal with HFT infected markets. Those advantages keep superior investors ahead of HFT and other market rigging schemes.
Read MoreMarkets, technology, and laws respond to high frequency trading
Markets, technology and laws respond to HFT exploitation. That investor abuse attracted a range of responses from a new exchange to doing nothing. Proposals included technology speed bumps, taxes and regulations. Although regulators continue to talk, in most cases proposals are only words. That means no market, trading or investing fixes will address markets rigged for HFT. Time will tell if lawmakers and regulators change to address HFT. Meanwhile, HFT advantages over investors continue. So for now, addressing HFT abuse is up to individual investors.
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