Can you time the markets? Absolutely. Markets have cycles, and if you understand where we are in the cycle you can make more informed investment decisions. Market timing isn’t complicated. 🙂 You just have to be ware of the business cycle, and know how to value investments. This week’s video about market timing Any market can be… Read More »
The lump sum or monthly dilemma When it comes to investment timing there are generally two recommended strategies – either invest all the cash immediately, or break up the total amount to invest in regular installments. For example, if you receive a $12,000 bonus on January 1st, should you put all $12,000 into the stock market as soon… Read More »
A New Way to Measure Your Success There are varying degrees of success and many different ways to define it. For example, in order to be a successful frequent flyer, you will probably need a lot of connections. 😀 And if you’re trying to lose weight, success is all about mind over platter, and winning that Nobelly Prize. 😄 Financial success is… Read More »
Why It’s So Easy to Overspend We are all tempted by instant gratification to some extent. And thanks to poorly implemented public policies it’s now easier than ever to live beyond our means. When we run out of savings, we can simply use credit to continue buying what we want. At least that’s what I usually do. 😉 Once upon… Read More »
Time and Annual Returns I recently watched an interesting YouTube video about time and the rate of return, by finance columnist Preet Banerjee. He explains the relationship between an investor’s time horizon and his or her rate of return. Here’s a question to illustrate an example. If our goal is to accumulate $100,000 by age 65, how much do… Read More »
Time – A Nonrenewable Resource Is $700,000 enough to last you for an entire lifetime? Imagine you were given $700,000 and can spend it any way you like. The catch is you can’t invest or make any more money for the rest of your life. If you were forced into such a scenario would you spend your days differently?… Read More »