Archive for the 'stocks-mutual-funds' Category

What Are You Waiting For?

Do you own any mutual funds? In an IRA or 401K or wherever. Privately or at work.
Have you called your fund manager to find out what is going on with your fund? Are they under investigation for late trading, improper pricing, deviation from length of sales defined in the prospectus or stale trading? Are my […]

Downdraft

For the year 2000 we have seen hundreds of mutual funds lose 40%, 50% and more of their value. This does not seem right since the fund is supposed to be managed by a professional. How can this “professional” do such a bad job? More than half of the funds this year will not out […]

Wall Street Paradigm

In 1960 an engineer working for a watch company in Switzerland discovered that a small crystal would vibrate at a constant rate. He found this was so accurate that it could be used to calibrate time so he took it to company management and said it would make an entirely new kind of watch that […]

I Love To Lose Money

Well, not really. What I mean is I don’t mind losing a small amount when I have to sell a stock or mutual fund that is going down or taking away the profit I have made. During this past 3 years I have made money each year because I was not afraid to sell. The […]

Investing in the Stock Market

From the book ‘The Stockopoly Plan’ by the author Charles M. O’Melia
There are several factors an investor in the stock market should consider:
1. All stock purchases should be commission-free.
2. All stocks purchased should be from a company that has a history of raising their dividends every year.
3. The company should not […]