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Daily Archives: October 31, 2008

Kids and Dividends

October 31, 2008
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If you want to teach your kids more about how to handle money, there’s some great stuff here. There’s also some interesting articles for those interested in dividends here. Enjoy!

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A Good Time for Dividends?

October 31, 2008
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Here’s another question I received recently. Again, feel free send us any questions you have and keep checking back to see them get answered. Question: I’m looking at a ton of stocks that are now sporting dividend yields of 4%, 5%, even 7%.  Do you think it’s a good time to begin nibbling on these shares? Answer: This is sort of a corollary of the last question.  However, dividends are more meaningful than earnings because they put cold, hard cash in your pocket.  It’s true that many big investors often support stocks that show big yields, even during tough...

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What to do With Stocks That Tanked

October 31, 2008
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This is a dangerous time for investors, but it’s only partly because of what the bear market is doing to your portfolio.  In my experience, these are the times when investors tend to stray far outside the bounds of any normal, prudent system; they do exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong time. And that’s what really kills them. Why does this happen? Because when movements in the markets become extreme (on the upside or downside), emotions ratchet up. And when emotions ratchet up, investors want to do something … almost anything. Instead of patiently waiting and calmly...

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