Financial Calculations With The Payment (PMT) Function
I know that doctors, in general, don't like working with numbers. However, I do know that doctors like to use calculators when necessary in...
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...
15 Warren Buffett Quotes On Investing, Personal Finance, and Life
Warren Buffett is famous not only for his tremendous long-term success as an investor, but for his folksy, down-to-earth personality. He is so quotable,...
Building a Vanguard Three-Fund Portfolio (Or Other Simple Index Fund Portfolios)
Investing doesn’t have to be complicated.
I’ve spent twenty years studying the financial markets. I majored in finance and worked as a trader at...
What Do Fidelity’s ZERO Expense Ratio Index Funds (FZROX, FZILX) Mean For You?
Vanguard, Fidelity, and Schwab have been engaging in a fierce competition to claim the mantle as the leading provider of low-cost index funds. As...
This Is The First Number I Look At When Choosing Mutual Funds
Investing in mutual funds can be daunting for many new investors. There are literally thousands of mutual funds. When deciding among all of the...
Harry Browne and the “Permanent Portfolio”
There are many ways to construct an investment portfolio. My preference is to have your core asset classes be U.S. stocks, international stocks, and...
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...
Which Fidelity International Index Fund Should You Buy?
The backbone of a three-fund portfolio consists of a domestic stock fund (usually the S&P 500 or a total stock market index fund), an...
Understanding The Conflicts Of Interest of Financial Advisors
On his White Coat Investor podcast in June 2018, Dr. Jim Dahle interviewed Sarah Catherine Gutierrez, a financial advisor at Aptus Financial, which is...