Investing

Welcome back for Part 3 of our 4 part series on the myths behind stock investing. We’ve already seen, and debunked, four myths that have been around for quite a long time, and hopefully these have given you an idea about why doing your own research, and forming your own opinions about stock investing, is […]

Welcome back for Part 2 of our 4 Part series on Stock Investing Myths. As we told you in Part 1, even though there’s plenty of information about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to investing in the stock market, many myths still refuse to die and, if you have heard one (or […]

One of the biggest reasons that many investors underperform is that they follow strategies based on myths rather than doing their own research and using due diligence. While a plethora of studies exist showing what does and doesn’t work, there are a number of myths that continue to endure and avoiding them will definitely make […]

Earlier in the year one of the first major signs that Samsung might significantly underperform near-term expectations came when it warned investors about a huge 24% decline in their operating profits. Citing challenges with currency, cannibalization of its smaller tablets by phablets and headwinds against the sales of their other smartphones, news about the company […]

If you’ve just started investing the truth is that you’re probably scared to death about putting your hard-earned money at risk. After all, investing is risky and, as a newbie, you have anxiety that you won’t do it “right” and lose some of your hard-earned money. The truth is, a little bit of fear is […]

Not surprisingly, first-time investors usually have a little bit of anxiety about when the best time is to make their first stock purchase. It’s not an unfounded fear, frankly, because if a person were to start at the wrong point in the market, which has a tendency to go up and down quite a bit, […]