What it is: Smart Investor is a daily 'tip' email for everyday investors –– workers who are squirre…

What it is: Smart Investor is a daily 'tip' email for everyday investors –– workers who are squirre…

I remember sitting on my stationary bike or running on the treadmill and listening to the people on…

What it is: Smart Investor is a daily 'tip' email for everyday investors –– workers who are squirre…

For years, active managers have vehemently denied that they shadow their respective index benchmark…

Fundamental and technical analysis might glean the probability of where an investment is headed (ju…

"We don't resort to algebraic equations when we're on the winning side of a trade and confident tha…

Intuition – Knowing where to buy, what to buy and who to sell to is paramount for any real estate i…

Your employer won't track this, so it's up to you. Many employees choose to convert options into sh…

"While over 17 million investors have accounts at the three largest online brokerages—Schwab, eTrad…

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"In fact, [your investment portfolio] doesn’t have to do half of the things that Wall Street says i…

"Not only does concentration in one asset violate the principle of portfolio diversification, but, …

Getting to that point is the hard part. Investors who weren't spooked by the recession have likely …

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The bottom line: "The longer her [money] has to stay tied up in that Risky bucket, the higher the p…

There really is no downplaying the crippling impact debt can have on your overall net worth. Though…

Fidelity recommends several actions that Americans can take regardless of income levels to accelera…

The good news is that, over the long haul--many years--stocks should do okay. They should also do b…

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