What’s an Investment anyway?
By jmh | July 7, 2006
Seems like a silly question, doesn’t it? Well perhaps, but let’s talk about it anyway.
At the most basic level, an investment is anything you can put money into and (hopefully) get a profit from. Based on that definition, many things may qualify: businesses, stocks, precious metals, raw land, real estate, bonds, futures, paper, etc. – and the list goes on.
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Are You An Active Investor?
By jmh | June 23, 2006
With the wide spread demise of traditional pension plans and the questionable future our Social Security System faces, many see the need to invest their dollars for greater returns. Let’s face it our social security system was planned as that: a system providing basic economic security and not a full retirement plan for all citizens. But, that’s another story all together (so, let me get back on track!).
Many people, by default are more or less passive investors. By that I mean that they choose from some mutual funds (very commonly) their 401K invests in. Maybe, they do some extra investing outside of work and they pick some type of mutual fund on their own. And that’s where it stops!
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Find YOUR Path through the Investment Maze!
By jmh | May 25, 2006
Investing … We read and hear about it daily. Many of us wonder where to start and just what to invest in. Should we simply stick money in a CD, wait and hope for the best? Or would we be better off looking for something else to do with our money (like investing)?
Well, first of all, there is saving money and then there is investing money. The difference between the two can be summed up with one word: Risk!
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