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The Upside of Broker Fees The more frequently you trade, the more you'll pay your broker in commission fees. But many people may not know that factoring in the cost of those commissions can reduce your capital gains -- and cut the taxes you owe. |
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A Simpler Way to Wealth In trying to drive wealth through investing, less attention paid to your stock portfolio and less "working at it" can yield far more profitable results. |
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3 Feel-Good Stocks Looking for a positive portfolio? These stocks will reward you, both financially and otherwise. Starbucks... Whole Foods... Costco... |
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Steer Clear of Day Trading Most day traders are washed up within months. |
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The Shaky Logic of Day-Trading If most people who day trade lose much or all of their money, why would anyone sane ever do it? |
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Attention Single Men: Stop Trading So Much According to an oft-cited study, single men trade 67% more than their female counterparts, earning them annual net returns of -- get ready -- 2.3% less than the ladies. It's all thanks to a baffling combination of impatience and overconfidence. |
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Lost Opportunities Regained So what should a busy prospective investor do when she has too many stock candidates and not enough time to do research? Well, for me these days, the main answer has been: Mutual funds! |
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4 Years of Wealth, Up in Smoke A report by the Federal Reserve says that U.S. household net worth fell 18% in 2008, sending us back to just below the same wealth level as 2004. |
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Is It Time to Cut Our Losses? Advice for investors during this difficult market time, from Motley Fool co-founders David and Tom Gardner. |
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Is Whole Foods Overvalued? The organic foods purveyor may seem pricey now, but not so if you look ahead five years. With a P/E above 40, Whole Foods seems richly valued. But a discounted cash flow analysis reveals that even at current levels, the stock may be trading at a significant discount to its intrinsic value. |
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An 80% Chance You'll Fail Day trading is far less lucrative than it seems. |
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6 Stocks to Buy Before Netflix If you're going to overpay, buy one of these stocks instead of Netflix: Amazon.com... Morningstar... Starbucks... Apple... Chipotle... Intuitive Surgical... |
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Whole Foods' Cart of Risk Comparing this year's 10-K versus last year's, Whole Foods has now added language about the risk of its "significant indebtedness." |
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Get Your Cheap Trades Now Enjoy the low rates of brokerages now. Odds are, they won't last. |
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Declare Independence From Your Broker You don't need to be a genius to improve your portfolio's performance, and the best way to do so may involve casting off the shackles of your current brokerage. |
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Does Your Money Manager Have Amnesia? If your investment advisor is showing signs of forgetfulness, it might be time to bail out. |
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Whole Foods' Wild Ride The health food grocery chain's stock, which had closed at $117.97 the afternoon before, fell all the way down to $112.58 before bumping back up a bit before close. But that's all it was: one day in an otherwise upward climb for shareholders. |
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Full-Service vs. Discount Brokers There isn't a great distinction between them anymore. |
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This Mistake Could Cost You a Fortune While investors may never agree on when or why to sell a stock, it's important to have an emotionless, well-thought-out strategy in place. If you don't, you may suffer major losses or miss out on massive gains. |
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Costs Weigh Down U.S. Wealth Business U.S. and Canadian brokerages continued to have the most cost-intensive wealth management model, leading to relatively flat profit levels. |
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Mo' Blu-rays, Mo' Money ... Mo' Problems? Movie-rental pioneer Netflix tells its 700,000 Blu-ray fans that the fees they pay will go up soon. |
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Trickle-Up Effect The ultra-rich are getting ultra-richer. Boston Consulting Group's latest Global Wealth report indicates that households with more than $100 million in wealth saw their holdings increase by 3.6 percent last year. |
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The Best Strategy Now There comes a time when every investor should listen to his inner value investor. When looking to get rich slowly, it's best to invest like an adult. |
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7 Questions for Netflix CEO Reed Hastings The entertainment visionary talks about the state of home video. |
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Invest Differently, Live Longer Don't wear yourself out dashing from stock to stock, running down your chances to enjoy decades of compounding growth. You're better off finding a relatively small number of thoroughly researched stocks, and sticking with them for the long haul. |
