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Monthly Archives: June 2011

7 Steps for Successful Investing

June 6, 2011
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7 Steps for Successful Investing

I’ve always tried to live a healthy lifestyle, mostly by doing two very simple things: eating right and exercising regularly. Today I want to focus on my favorite form of exercise: running … and how it relates to investing. I guess you could say running is in my blood, as both my dad and my grandfather were excellent runners, and so is one of my cousins. I love to run for the physical benefits (staying strong, fit and healthy) and also for the mental benefits (stress release, clearing the mind, daydreaming). I actually came up with most of this...

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America: A Land Of Enormous Impossibilities

June 5, 2011
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America: A Land Of Enormous Impossibilities

Now for this week’s button. Don’t forget, you can view them all here. America: A Land Of Enormous Impossibilities It means the opposite, of course. It underscores the fact that that every enormous success came about because someone–a risk-taking, highly motivated person or company–worked hard to find a solution when everyone else had seen only impossibilities. For centuries, America has been the most entrepreneurial culture in the world, and our main hope for continued success is that we continue to nourish and motivate our creative, entrepreneurial culture.

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Investing Infrequently Asked Questions

June 4, 2011
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Infrequently Asked Questions (IAQs). Virtually anyone can put together a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), and such lists are often useful for visitors to websites. After all, if a lot of people are asking something, you may be, too. But my interests always run to the exotic and the unexpected, so I try to shun the usual and the expected. Accordingly, here are the answers to a few questions that I have not been asked very often. In fact, I’d be astonished if these questions had popped up even once in my experience. Question: Since markets are volatile...

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Stock Market Analysis Video: An Interesting Week

June 3, 2011
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Stock Market Analysis Video: An Interesting Week

Before I move on to today’s video, I want to share a nice note we received from W. Packard of Oldsmar, Florida: “I wanted to thank you all for the weekly analysis videos. They are fantastic insights as we can see and hear your thought nuances regarding the topics you discuss. Love them and would like to see you all increase your video chart analysis.” Thanks Mr. Packard! In today’s Stock Market Analysis Video, Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report Editor Paul Goodwin says it’s been an interesting week in the stock market, though not in a good way....

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Buying the Haystack

June 3, 2011
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Buying the Haystack

John Bogle is a legend in the investing business, although many people consider him a pain in the industry’s well-padded rear end. His criticisms of the industry that nourished him can cut pretty deep, and he’s not one to pull his punches. Bogle is most loudly critical of the high fees charged by companies that manage other people’s money. His major prescription for fixing the problem is the use of index funds that charge low fees. Needless to say, his efforts to keep management fees low are not hugely popular with many of the managers who benefit from them....

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