How To Stay The Course And Stick With Your Investment Plan

There's a certain excitement when you first start getting into finance and investing. You may have used to pick stocks, but have since learned (either...

Avoid These Ten Examples Of Suboptimal Investor Behavior

I reviewed my investment return results with a CFP investment advisor recently. I noticed that my return was solid and positive but not as...

How Volatility Encourages Investors To Trade

I've written many times that traders rarely win in the long-run. However, in this article, I wanted to highlight the fact that the volatility...

Why Doctors Don’t Have An Edge in Healthcare Investing

I strongly believe that clinical physicians do not have an edge on the rest of the market. Therefore, they should heed Warren Buffett's advice...

One Simple Method To Assess Your Risk Tolerance

One of the challenges for a new investor is determining your risk tolerance, which is how aggressively to invest your savings.  There are several...

What is the Best S&P 500 ETF: SPY, VOO, or IVV?

The S&P 500 is the benchmark index by which many investors compare their returns. Many index investors use the S&P 500 (or the total...

Second-Guessing Your Portfolio

There are a lot of what-ifs in life. If only I had made that putt on 14, I could have shot my best score ever. If...

IShares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF (IWY): Should You Tilt To Large-Cap Growth?

I'm an advocate of the three-fund portfolio, but I understand why many investors might want to slice and dice their portfolio. Most prefer to...

The Stock Market Is The Best Long-Term Investment

Since 2002, Gallup has periodically conducted a poll which asks respondents a variant on the following question: Which do you think is the best long-term...

Investors: Don’t Keep Your Powder Dry

It is common for many investors to want to have some cash on the sidelines. They want to have money available to use if...