Investing - The Basics

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Seven Habits Of Highly Effective Portfolio Managers

By Peter Andersen

Source: Forbes

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/seven ... 00708.html

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If you want to make a fortune in stocks, there’s one simple thing you HAVE to do

If you want to be successful in stocks, there’s one simple thing you have to do – focus on the price you pay.

Buy at bargain prices.

Source: The Crux

http://thecrux.com/if-you-want-to-make- ... ave-to-do/

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At least, she thought it was a bad move. She yanked all her money from the stock market and put it in cash.

It went against every investment instinct the former librarian had developed over the years. She was a "buy and hold" kind of investor who prided herself on patience and a long-term focus

How a librarian taught herself to invest and retired early
http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/05/investi ... d=HP_River

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One of the All-Time Great Investment Secrets By Brian Hunt

You won’t hear about it in the mainstream media… and very few people want to publicize this idea… but it’s one of the safest, easiest ways to make great investments.

In the interview below, S&A Editor in Chief Brian Hunt reveals all the details behind this powerful investment secret… including the reason nobody wants to talk about it…

Source: Trading Report

http://www.thetradingreport.com/2014/07 ... t-secrets/

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To use a long-term compounding strategy effectively, you really only have to answer three questions.

1. Is the company in question able to produce high returns on its assets? In other words, is it a great business?

2. Are these unusually high returns likely to continue for decades, without requiring large and ongoing capital investments?

3. Can the management of the company be trusted? Will bankruptcy never be even a remote possibility?

If the answer to these questions is "yes," all you have to do is simply not pay too much when you buy the stock.

Source: S&A Research

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Chris Davis: The Key to Long-Term Investing
http://finance.yahoo.com/video/chris-da ... 02457.html

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Great Businesses

by Bryan Beach

The companies that consistently trounce their peers in the most relevant metrics generally have two or three of the following characteristics:
1. A strong brand name.
2. A product or service that is difficult or not plausible to replicate.
3. A product in high demand that is resistant to recession.
4. An extremely focused niche and no viable competition.
5. Expertise in “dirty” or “unattractive” businesses.

Source: The S&A Digest

http://thecrux.com/revealed-the-next-bi ... ssociates/

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This Guy Turned $20K Into $2 Million (You Can, Too)

Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Self-Directed Investor Chris Camillo discusses the strategy behind his investments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrEQFFfYFa0

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Why You Need an Investment System by Alexander Green

Let's say you do have a specific goal and it is reasonable. Then what?

The next step is knowing The Only Six Factors That Will Determine Your Future Net Worth:
1. The amount of money you save.
2. The length of time you let it compound.
3. Your asset allocation. (How you divide your investments up among stocks, bonds, real estate investment trusts, metals, etc.)
4. Your security selection.
5. Your investment costs.
6. The tax liabilities on your interest, dividends, and capital gains.

Notice there is nothing here on forecasting annual GDP growth, outguessing the stock market or determining when the world's various geopolitical problems will be resolved.

Those things aren't important to you as an investor. What is important is saving as much as you can, letting it compound as long as you can, asset allocating properly, choosing your investment selections wisely, and minimizing your investment costs and taxes.

Source: Investment U

http://www.investmentu.com/article/deta ... 9V62qM0OZQ

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Jim Slater: 50 years on, my formula still works
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/pers ... -tips.html