Did you know that nearly all the stock market gains from 1983-2007 came from just 25% of the stocks? Similarly, 75% of stocks contributed zero performance on average and the average stock actually lost money – during one of the greatest bull markets in recorded history. If you want to pick stocks that outperform the averages or develop a greater understanding of trend-following risk management techniques for your investment portfolio then this is a must read…
A Bad Year Is A Great Year To Convert To A Roth IRA
If your income is down or your retirement accounts are at a loss this year you may be overlooking a potential benefit hiding behind all that pain. It is a way for you to make lemonade out of lemons. Consider converting your regular IRA’s, SEP-IRA’s, etc. into a Roth IRA this year. Here’s how it can benefit you…
Three Criteria For Picking Winning Stocks
In our weekly “Ask Todd” series, a reader asked: “Todd, can you give me three quick criteria to sort individual stocks worth investigating from those that have no investment merit?” The quick and dirty answer is “your question has an underlying false premise.” Individual security selection is only the last 10-20% of return on any properly diversified portfolio and takes 80% of your analyisis time to figure out. Pareto’s Law dictates you can get 80% of the investment return for 20% of the effort if you just follow these simple criteria…
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