Investing
Finding the Funds That Beat the S&P 500
In the third part of the 2007 Consumer Reports Ultimate Money Guide, a method was provided by the magazine on how to beat the broad market index, which is repeated in the following:
No-load: Look at no-load funds only.
Low-fee: Identify those with lowest expense ratios.
High-asset: Keep those with the most assets under management.
Long-tenure: Get rid of [...]
Prices of Gold Coins: How are They Determined?
Did you ever wonder why the prices of bullion coins containing the same amount of gold are different and how they are determined?
Yesterday, I read an article on GoodSeek.com (I also subscribe to their free daily Gold Seeker Report, which provides a nice summary of the precious market) that explains the prices discrepancy among gold [...]
Switching from Firstrade to Tradeking
As 2007 comes to an conclusion, I make another change of my investment accounts over the weekend when I opened a TradeKing account, which will replace Firstrade as my main stock broker for stocks that pay dividend.
I got the Firstrade account in early 2006, mainly for its free dividend reinvestment feature, one that my primary [...]
First Trust Introduces New Dividend ETF: Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund
Investors who look for incomes from diversified international equities have one more option to choose from.
Early last week, First Trust launched a new global dividend ETF, the Dow Jones Global Select Dividend Index Fund, joining other international dividend-paying ETFs. The fund started trading on November 27th under ticker symbol FGD. The underlying index of [...]
Performance of My Defensive Stocks
First of all, what are defensive stocks? According to Investorwords.com:
A stock that tends to remain stable under difficult economic conditions. Defensive stocks include food, tobacco, oil, and utilities. These stocks hold up in hard times because demand does not decrease as dramatically as it may in other sectors. Defensive stocks tend to lag behind the [...]
Loading ...
