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How to Invest in Stocks with Little Money

January 23rd, 2012

Many people want to start investing but don’t know how. Many more want to start planning, but don’t know how to invest in stocks with little money.

It’s unfortunate that investing requires money to make money. The only way to get started with any kind of investment is to have the cash available to make an investment. Thus, many find that investing in stocks with little money is almost impossible.

The good news is that you can invest in stocks, even without a lot of money!

Where to Start Your Investments

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Window Dressing: How Wall St. Cons Main St.

December 7th, 2011

You’ll hear a lot about how asset managers are window dressing their portfolios ahead of the new year. Mutual funds, active exchange-traded funds, and other asset management companies will soon file their annual reports.

These annual reports go out to every single mutual fund investor. ETF investors can find the filings with the SEC.

In order to look like high-quality portfolio managers, Wall Street likes to “window dress” its portfolios to make performance look better than it really is.

How Window Dressing Works

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Your Ideal Asset Allocation

March 31st, 2011

While few investors can pick stocks that beat the market, almost everyone can beat the risk-free returns. In this day and age, with computers scouring the markets with electronic eyes faster than that of humans, it makes a lot of sense to start targeting an ideal asset allocation instead of market-beating returns.

What Asset Allocation Theory Knows

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