Wall Street’s Dirty Little Secrets – Earnings Surprises

Has this ever happened to you?  One of the stocks you own announces their earnings results for the latest quarter, and you are pleased to see that they actually did better than you expected.  Then, to your great surprise and consternation, the price of your beloved holding goes down instead of up.   Or how about [...]

Dividend Stocks You Can Count On

These stocks all have outstanding dividend paying histories.

Here is a list of companies that have demonstrated a remarkable loyalty to their shareholders in terms of paying uninterrupted dividends.  While these may not be the highest dividend yields available, they are certainly the most reliable.  In the competition for yield, would you rather be the tortoise or the hare?                                                                   Paying                [...]

Housing Starts

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Why Most Investors Are Underachievers

According to the DALBAR, Inc.  Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior report, most retail investors: Feel twice the pain of a dollar loss than pleasure of a dollar gain.  This is referred to as Myopic Loss Aversion by experts in Behavioral Finance.  There’s nothing wrong with having a heightened sensitivity to the possibility of losing money, [...]

SP Historical

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Who Are You (As An Investor) ?

Do you know what kind of investor you are? It matters, because if your particular set of skills, experience, temperament, and resources are not in alignment with the kind of investing you engage in, your results will never live up to your expectations. Put another way, if you don’t know who you are, the stock [...]

Should You Pay For Financial Advice?

There is no shortage of information about investing out there. There are dozens of websites, hundreds of bloggers, a full time television network, several major newspapers, and thousands of books, articles, and academic studies on the subject of how to invest your money – and much of it is free. So it’s a fair question [...]

How Does Personal Investment Coaching Work?

My name is Erik Conley and I help people take control over their investments and learn how to make money consistently in the market. As a Personal Investing Coach I take the necessary time to get to know you – your needs, your goals, your trading habits, your history, your assumptions, your mistakes, and your [...]

Investment Planning In 5 Steps – What are you missing?

For some investors, especially those who are new to the game or have not gotten quite comfortable with it yet, the idea of ‘Investment Planning’ can be mysterious, confusing, and even intimidating. I’ve gone out of my way to make this website as simple and clear as possible, so with that in mind I’m going [...]

Investing for Beginners: 3 simple steps

New investors should consider these steps:

Step 1. Write a basic investment plan

Step 2. Put your plan to work

Step 3. Keep your plan up-to-date