Dollar cost averaging is basically something like buying $100 of a mutual fund every month. As the fund goes up, number of shares purchased goes down for a higher per-share price. As the fund goes down the opposite: number of shares purchased goes up for a lower per-share price. Ultimately this leads to having a… Read More »
Here is why you don’t want to generally save cash to deal with a turbulent market. Or at least ideas you should consider as you decide what to do with your savings and investments. Your general return on cash Cash is probably making around 4% in a really good savings account. Which ain’t much. Inflation… Read More »
I have mentioned that you probably want to save cash now because the stock market to GDP is at its highest point, basically ever. It’s scary high. But here are the facts you need to know. You do not need to sell your existing stock holdings I believe there is time before a big decline… Read More »
Sometimes a stock you really like just lays an egg. That’s Mr. Market for you. Stocks of companies will go up and go down for no good reason. Here are some reasons they may go down: The market buys and sells for all kinds of reasons. But as Warren Buffett says: “In the near term… Read More »
Crypto, bipto, bopto. Etherium, you know. There are a lot of them though. The most popular of these is Bitcoin that has been around the longest I believe. If I’m wrong you all can’t tell me anyway. How the heck do you make money from crypto? Today various cryptos have a given value. In the… Read More »
There are a lot of different funds, i.e. ETFs, that trade in a weird way. For instance NVDY makes money by selling options on NVDA… or whatever they do. I’ve never bought NVDY but if I did, I would really understand it. And I guess that’s the point. If you choose to buy any kind… Read More »
A successful invester, as opposed to a trader, does two things well: he identifies a good company from the thousands of companies available, and he chooses the right time to buy and sell. Sounds easy enough doesn’t it? But the ultimate result of this process is very few trades and a lot of patience. Or… Read More »
I am not a “trader”, I am an “investor” so typically I buy and hold individual stocks. Let’s say though that I invest in QQQ (Nasdaq 100) and over 10 years it averages 18% per year. If I invest in another ETF that also averages 18%, what is my total return? 18%. Why? Because ta… Read More »
Honestly I know nothing for sure. But I’ll take a stab at answers you probably would like to know. What Is Nvidia Nvidia is a company that started out making graphics chips and cards for video gaming. Bitcoin miners use Nvidia’s GPUs for mining bitcoin. Nvidia had been having real problems keeping the graphics chips… Read More »
You want to own a company but what kind of company do you want to own? The company is stable Revenue and profit is stable and or growing from year to year. The company has cash enough to weather a storm A higher current ratio is a good indicator of this. It shows how much… Read More »