Smart investors always plan for the future, whether it be managing a retirement portfolio, saving for a house or setting aside money for a child’s college education. Having a long-term financial plan certainly puts you ahead of the pack when it comes to financial security. However, when it comes to finances, even the best-laid plans…
Even the best long-term investors will pick a dud stock every now and again or have to endure short-term market downturns that can result in temporary losses. Fortunately, disciplined, patient investors can overcome these mistakes and still make excellent investment returns in the long-run. Learning from mistakes is part of becoming skilled in any part…
Billionaire Wall Street icon and Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK.A, BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has admitted he missed a huge opportunity by not investing in Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) and Alphabet Inc (GOOG, GOOGL) subsidiary Google. In fact, during the technology explosion that has created countless millionaires and billionaires over the past 20 years, Buffett’s technology investments…
Nobody ever wants to go into a fight feeling like David up against Goliath. Fortunately, for the average retail investor competing against massive institutional Wall Street firms, there are a handful of advantages to being the little guy.
Tesla (ticker: TSLA) investors love CEO Elon Musk. Musk is a visionary genius and entrepreneurial billionaire who is often compared to “Iron Man” superhero protagonist Tony Stark. But while Musk fans are excited by his insatiable thirst for innovative technology, Tesla investors may be getting uneasy about his growing number of outside commitments.
Few events generate as much excitement on Wall Street as the initial public offering of a major technology company. Companies like Facebook (ticker: FB), Twitter (TWTR) and Snap (SNAP) have products that are innovative and massively popular, and investors can’t wait to get a piece of the action.
President Donald Trump is setting his sights on eliminating the Dodd-Frank Act, a set of financial regulations aimed at preventing another credit crisis like the one that occurred in 2008. While bank investors have cheered a possible end to the burdensome regulations, deregulation of the financial sector may be setting the table for another economic…
One of the most difficult parts of investing is removing emotions from the equation and relying strictly on rational decision-making. Unfortunately, even our own human brains may sometimes point us in the wrong direction.
For certain sports fans, the idea of paying $50 or more for a ticket to go sit in a packed arena and watch other people play video games may seem absurd. Of course, 50 years ago, the idea of paying $2,000 to $5,000 for a ticket to the Super Bowl would seem equally absurd.
In the wake of the financial crisis in 2008, the consumer credit market completely dried up. Banks were unwilling or unable to lend and borrowers had very few options when they needed loans.