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Passive vs Active Investment

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Passive vs Active Investment

Active Investing Active investing, as its name implies, takes a hands-on approach and requires that someone act in the role of a portfolio ,manager. The goal of active money management is to beat the stock market’s average returns and take full advantage of short-term price fluctuations. It involves a

Top 5 Ways to Invest Your First $1000

Top 5 Ways to Invest Your First $1000

1. Invest in Index Funds. The stock market is one of the best places to invest your money, but you may not understand how to value stocks, what stocks are worth purchasing and how to effectively diversify a portfolio to avoid losing money. Index funds are prepackaged bundles of stocks

Dividend Stocks For Beginners: What are Dividend Stocks?

Dividend Stocks For Beginners: What are Dividend Stocks?

A dividend is your share of a company’s profits. They are typically paid out quarterly. Some companies, such as those in the U.K., make a semiannual payout to shareholders. The best dividend stocks tend to be older, more established companies. Dividends are a distribution of a portion of

Top 5 Investment Mistakes You Will Probably Make as a Beginner

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Top 5 Investment Mistakes You Will Probably Make as a Beginner

1. Investing Too Much Money at the Start Investing, like anything, is a skill. It requires patience, time, practice and knowledge. These are all skills you can learn, but ones you probably won’t have when you start out. Which is why it is not a good idea to invest

Top 5 Passive Income Investments

Top 5 Passive Income Investments

Passive income includes regular earnings from a source other than an employer or contractor. If you’re thinking about creating a passive income stream, check out these 5 ideas 1. Dividend Stocks Dividend stocks are tried and true way to earn passive income. You will have to do plenty of

How to Invest in Stocks For Dummies

How to Invest in Stocks For Dummies

Checking Important Company Fundamentals before Investing in a Stock Before you buy stocks, you have to do a little research on the companies you’re thinking of investing in. Pay attention to the following key components when you look at a company’s main financial statements * Earnings: This number should

How to Invest in Stocks on A tight Budget

How to Invest in Stocks on A tight Budget

Investing in the stock market is one of the best ways to build wealth over the long term, but it can be daunting. Not only does it involve a certain amount of risk, but it can also be expensive to invest. Many popular stocks cost hundreds or even thousands of

8 Skills That Millionaires Have Mastered

8 Skills That Millionaires Have Mastered

1. Saving Being frugal and living in an affordable home enables millionaires to save. They recognize that income isn’t enough, they have to save what they are making. So yes, millionaires make a lot of money at work. But it’s not like they’ve been doing it for

Top 10 Businesses That Thrive In a Global Pandemic

Top 10 Businesses That Thrive In a Global Pandemic

1.Tutoring businesses With the ongoing pandemic, schools had to close down to slow down the rate of infection and although most learning institutions started online teaching, parents understand their child will be doing distance learning and there are barriers for teachers teaching virtually so they want to supplement they

Why Index Funds are Better Than Your Hedge Fund

Why Index Funds are Better Than Your Hedge Fund

In essence, there are other personal factors that will help determine which the best investment vehicle to use. But if you are starting out as an investor, you can consider starting with index funds; it is cheaper, and easy to understand how it works. Index funds are ideal for long

10 Basic Money Skills Everyone Should Have

10 Basic Money Skills Everyone Should Have

1. Control Your Spending You may be thinking 5% is too much to set aside. If you’re just getting by each month, it may be time to take a step back and look at the big picture. Today’s culture is driven by unprecedented consumerism. Ads were always part