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First Release of our Investing Guide
The first release of our investing guide is online. It is a work in progress that currently has 8 short sections that begin with reasons to invest in the stock market, go through the basics of investing explained briefly to end, for the time being, at index funds and asset allocation.
S&P 500: Total and Inflation-Adjusted Historical Returns
Historical performance of the U.S. stock market, measured through the S&P500 index. Charts for total return and inflation-adjusted data are included. Read this and other articles at www.simplestockinvesting.com .
The Efficient Market Hypothesis: Definition and Practical Implications
Concise tutorial about the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH): Its multiple definitions and some consequences. The Efficient Market Hypothesis is a controversial theory that states that security prices reflect all available information so it is fruitless to pick stocks (this is, analyze stock in an attempt to select winners). The rationale behind this is that the plentiful well-informed motivated professionals that work in the financial markets allegedly form an efficient system for assigning each security the perfect price given the available information, therefore no individuals can outsmart this fabulous group and beat the market by regularly buying securities at prices that are lower than what they should be. Read this and other articles at www.simplestockinvesting.com .
Limitations of Total Return as a Measure for Fund, Bond and Stock Performance
Explains why total return is a good but imperfect measure of investment perfomance. Read this and other articles at www.simplestockinvesting.com .
Total Return to Measure Fund, Bond and Stock Performance
Total return, a measure of investment performance that is better than price increase, is explained concisely in this article. Read this and other articles at www.simplestockinvesting.com .
Why Investing Isn't Gambling, Although It Can Be
Diversification, risk/reward and other important investing concepts explained through analogies with gambling and insurance. Read this and other articles at www.simplestockinvesting.com .
ETF Market Expanding with Narrower, More Expensive Funds
We have more and more ETFs to choose from, although the survival of many new offerings is yet to be seen, but that doesn't imply any significant risk for investors. Most of the new niche offerings are tailored for professionals, but small individual investors may use them for some cautious speculation, without losing too much diversification as it would be the case with buying individual stock. But keep an eye on expenses, as the narrow funds tend to have much higher ones than what the good old broad ETFs have got us used to. Read this and other articles at www.simplestockinvesting.com .
Leverage: What It Is and How We Can Profit from It.
A brief tutorial to financial leverage applied to investments. Read this article before investing in a leveraged fund. In the context of investing, leverage means using one of many techniques to improve our speculative capacity, amplifying the effect of the money we invest in the pursuit of a higher rate of return. Read this and other articles at www.simplestockinvesting.com .
Tips for a College Student who wants to Invest for Retirement
Brief tutorial on how to prepare a long-term investment. Read this article and others at Simple Stock Investing. Read this and other articles at www.simplestockinvesting.com .
Introducing Simple Stock Investing
Simple Stock Investing is a guide tailored for the individual investor who prefers safe investments to thrilling ones. By safe we don't mean of modest profits. On the contrary, we will argument on how diversification and long-term investing can yield the best results, as long as they are done efficiently. Simple Stock Investing publishes articles to assist you in achieving that efficiency. Let us be an important step towards learning how to design and manage your own portfolio of long-term diversified investments. Read more about this site at www.simplestockinvesting.com .
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