Smart investors use smart diversification

Smart investors use smart diversification to lower risk and increase exposure to investment opportunities. It places the individual circumstances of each investor at the center of their portfolio building. With that approach, investors can consider how to fit assets like cash, stocks, bonds, property, ETFs, or private equity, into the process. That means, thinking about …

Media exposes financial advisor incompetence

… funds and financial service provider fees.
Because advisors without fiduciary obligations receive a cut of the annual mutual fund fees, they often recommend them over lower-cost ETFs without those fees. That cost difference comes from investors’ pockets and is why mutual funds produce lower returns than comparable ETFs.
While investors bear the total cost …

Stock market trading halts explained

… a better-informed investor, you can increase your investment success!
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… churning, or stuffed with new offerings.
Accounts loaded with mutual funds pay advisors higher recurring commissions and annual fees, which raise client costs. But comparable lower-cost ETFs are more beneficial investments with better returns.
Churn-to-earn means unnecessary trades produce advisor commissions but give clients limited or no net benefit, just higher costs …

Investors use many stock market strategies

… relative few who successfully short sell.
What are the best investment strategies for beginners?
Easy-to-learn and use investment strategies can deliver excellent results. One of the best is the No-Worry-Investor basic Index-Plus-Strategy.
It begins with an S&P 500 Index ETF that gives holders a portfolio that outperforms over

Investors ask about short selling

… stocks

How do I bet against the market?
Three ways to bet against a market or stock include short selling, options, or trading inverse exchange traded funds (ETFs).Make your choice and set up the trade before the market falls. You can,1. Short sell a stock or selection of stocks.2. Sell Put options …

Equities the 3rd investment choice

Equities the 3rd investment choice but 1st with superior investors. Popular investment choices are ETFs, mutual funds, and 3rd place equities. Purchasing equities in the public markets provide more people with the opportunity to grow their wealth, financial security, and retirement independence than any other investment opportunity.
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FAQs about financial advisors, analysts, and investor's profits

… fund fees, many funds also share those fees with advisors. And because they get a cut of mutual fund fees, many advisors recommend them over lower-cost ETFs that do not pay. As a result, mutual funds produce lower investment returns than comparable ETFs. That difference comes from investor pockets. Those and most fees are …

Warren Buffett explains gold

… are many ways to own gold, including traditional gold bars ranging from a few grams to 400 ounces. You can buy from gold and coin dealers, pawnshops, and major banks in Canada. Gold is available as jewelry, gold receipts, derivatives, gold-holding ETFs, mutual funds, or stocks of gold mining companies.An ETF holding gold

3 Yeses or no investment

… dividends. If yes, buy, if no, pass and look elsewhere.

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