One of the biggest mistakes stock investors make is they let small losses turn into big losses.  But you can protect yourself from this using a simple method.  There is a way keep to keep your money and “stop” your losses.  This method is actually called using “stop losses,” and you’ll want to use it. […]

Owning stocks in the stock market has returned more to investors than most other investments.  On average, the stock market has grown 8% year by year. But what does that mean to you? Well, it means that if you invested

So let’s say that again.  Owning stocks is the easiest way to become a business owner. When you buy a stock, you become a business owner.  Really. So what does that mean?  Well, as a business owner, instead of working for someone else, to increase their wealth, other people are working for you… to increase […]

One of the great things about owning dividend stocks is the company will send you a check every 30 to 90 days. So when you buy their stock you see results quickly.  They send you a check. So why would these companies do this?  Why will they send you money? Well, let’s say that you […]

Okay, so President Trump made a new word in a recent tweet.  He ended the tweet with the word “covfefe.” Some are suggesting this was a typo and he meant to say “coverage.”  Others say he meant to create this new word and a limited number of people know exactly what he meant. Controversy abounds. […]

One of the most important ways we minimize our investment risk occurs when our stock price is going down.  Because at some point, if the stock keeps going down, we will want to “stop” our losses.  This activity is actually called using “stop losses,” so that’s a new term for you here. In order to […]

For those who appreciate British humor like I do, this is a must see short video by British comedians John Bird and John Fortune.  They attempt to explain why the market crashed back in 2008.  Interestingly, they did this routine just before

In our last post on buying stocks at a discount, we talked about the method of setting a trap, like a mousetrap, for when the price of a stock came down to our discounted price. We used a buying technique called a limit order. And the best part of this method was that it was […]

We said in the earlier post about the Cool Mindset that the most critical part of buying stocks at a discount is to have the right mindset. And I admitted that may sound like a bunch of psycho-babble at first, but I’m sure you started to get the picture on just how important this is. […]

We said earlier in our Buy Stocks At A Discount series that having the right mindset was critical when buying stocks. And I admitted that may sound like a bunch of psycho-babble at first, but then we looked at two important mindsets. They were the Cool Mindset (let cooler heads prevail) and the Bus Stop […]