Investment Strategy

Words from the Wise

Richard Russell's timeless Rich Man, Poor Man has been there for me when I needed some perspective. I hope it will do the same...

The Investment Idea that made Warren Buffett Billions

Last week E.J. posted part I in his series on Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor. You may have heard this from us before, but it is...

The Intelligent Investor: Part III

“It is surprising how little attention has been paid by economists and by Wall Street to this development. The debt of corporations has expanded...

The Intelligent Investor: Part I

“To me, Ben Graham was far more than an author or a teacher”, writes Warren Buffett in the preface to the 1973 edition of...

Your Success is a Choice

Over the weekend I read an article on the top 50 annuities. It was the weekly feature in a major financial publication. I can...

Win By Not Losing

If you have a dollar and lose $0.25 you’re left with $0.75. You’ve lost 25% of what you had, but to get back to...

Caution! The Dangers of an Unbalanced Portfolio

If you’re readying for retirement make sure you understand the concept of counterbalancing—you’ll avoid the big losses. And your retirement will be much more...

Stop Losses Don’t Work

Enough with the stop losses. They don’t work for the average investor. They sound good on paper, but most investors don’t watch the market...

Turn $100 into $1 Million

More reasons to like dividends. In his January issue of Intelligence Report, Dick Young writes: I recommend dividend payers to you not because of some idealized view of history,...

His $3.5 Billion Haul

Hedge fund managers aren't getting the job done–losing money for investors in back-to-back months for the first time in two years. Last year when...