The Hard Right Edge And A Market Timing Strategy Gone Awry

There is such an allure to looking at stock charts. The price jumps up and down, and our tendency to try to make patterns...

How to Make Money Off Of Donald Trump’s Tweets

Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States on January 20, 2017. No matter how you feel about his political...

The Warren Buffett Bet: S&P 500 versus Hedge Funds

In 2007, Warren Buffett made a $1,000,000 bet with the hedge fund manager Protege Partners that the S&P 500 would perform better than a...

How To Buy A Mutual Fund At Fidelity (With Screenshots)

Investing can be overwhelming for many new investors. With so much money on the line, they're worried that might make a mistake with even the...

How To Buy A Stock At Fidelity (with Screenshots)

We’re going to go really basic today, but even experienced investors might find a pearl or two in this post. In the past, I’ve been...

The Seven Types of Investors Who Beat The Market (And Why You Aren’t One...

It is very difficult to beat the market. That's why I've emphasized many times that investors should aim to match the market returns through...

How To Turn $122K into $88K

The illusion of competence is an amazing brain function.  I tend to think of myself as a financial genius.  After all, I have raised...

Backtesting Is Finance’s Version of Retrospective Research

A lot of effort and money is spent looking for ways to make money in the stock market. While you can get perfectly good...

Wall Street Profiles: Carl Icahn

In this third installment of my recurring series on famous Wall Street investors (I have previously written about Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies and...

8 Reasons Why You Should Not Trade

Every physician investor has at one time or another considered trying their hand at trading. Maybe their friends work on Wall Street, or they...