Quick post this morning as I’m working on a project that will be a treat for Investorial readers in the upcoming week! The blogging trio at InvestorGeeks are opening up their site and looking for more geeks to join them. Chris, Jason and Frank are not only Investorial readers, but I also feel that they themselves write some of the best investing articles that I have seen on PF blogs.
I remember a long time ago when a small site started with a vision to build an investing community and …

Many mutual fund companies and financial advisors often preach the virtues of long-term investing by citing the “10 best days” scenario. They will show you that if you attempt to time the market, you may potentially miss out on the 10 best days of the stock market and affect your returns. But what are the 10 best days? Does it depend on your perspective?
Perhaps the financial companies have it all backwards. They always show the 10 highest gaining days as the 10 “best” days. I understand why their marketing department …

I’ve always maintained that I am not into day-trading. Nor am I turned on by technical analysis, candles, charts. That doesn’t mean the craft or principles do not have merit; only that I prefer to invest my money in a manner that I can understand! I evoke the following Warren Buffett quotes only as a way to poke fun at myself!
“I realized technical analysis didn’t work when I turned the charts upside down and didn’t get a different answer”
“If past history was all there was to the game, the richest …

I’m stunned by what I’ve just read; all I can say is WOW!
Recently, the blogosophere has been on all cyclinders talking about buying vs. renting, and many calculator spreadsheets have also popped up. But my vote has to go to Julie Ali who is guest-blogging at Jim’s Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. Her writing is absolutely terrific in its depiction of the emotional issues of buying vs. renting.
[...] There is a rental cycle that is the diagrammatic opposite to the house buying cycle. When people are madly engaged in a …

No amount of dis-pleasure or protest will stop the goliath from rumbling over the average joes and there’s no David in sight to free us from its shackles. But if you are an Ameritrade Canada account holder with old habits, chances are you will be surprised for a second. You probably forgot that today is your first trading day where you have to start using TD Waterhouse’s platform instead.
I’m anxious to hear from users what their experience logging into their new account was like. Especially users who have never had …

I received a private alpha invitation to check out SocialPicks, a new Web 2.0 / Social Web application seeking to be the new way for people to share stock picks and research. Users can get investment ideas from friends, see who else follow their advices, and see everyone’s performance over time. Members can also recommend stocks, and let your track record speak for themselves.
InvestorGeeks had previously blogged a positive informative preview of the service so I will defer to it rather than rehash all the details. You’ve come here for …