Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index — What Is It?
Certain stock indexes are created to measure the price performance of a basket of stocks that represent a chosen segment of the market. The Morningstar
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Are Buybacks Good For Stocks And Investors? Buybacks And Stock Returns
To buy back shares is one of five opportunities a company has for allocating the company’s capital and rewarding shareholders. Paying a dividend is far
Continue reading9 Reasons Not To Buy An IPO (Why IPOs Are A Bad Investment)
Some IPO’s go on to be multibaggers, like for example Facebook, Amazon, and Netflix, to name the most successful, but this article provides you with
Continue readingWhy Warren Buffett Recommends Index Funds (Passive Index Investing)
Warren Buffett recommends most investors to invest in passive index funds. In general, investors should not be active investors. Why? Buffett recommends passive and low-cost
Continue readingIs Bitcoin A Better Investment Than Stocks? (Productive vs Unproductive Assets)
Bitcoin has appreciated a lot over the last years, and polarized discussions on social media continue endlessly about which asset will perform the best in
Continue readingHow Do You Calculate The Future Inflation Rate? (How To Measure Future Inflation)
How do you calculate the future inflation rate? Is it possible? Yes, it’s possible to estimate the future inflation rate. In this article, we show
Continue readingShould You Buy Gold Or Gold Mining Companies? (Gold As An Investment)
Warren Buffett has publicly (and frequently) written about what he considers the folly of investing in gold: Gold doesn’t produce any tangible values – neither
Continue readingWarren Buffett’s Three Best Investing Tips
Warren Buffett’s investment track record is second to none. Not only has he managed to invest successfully, but his patience has made him compound decade
Continue readingHow To Protect Your Capital And Savings Against Inflation (Money, Investments, and Savings)
Since the early 1980s inflation has been falling, at least according to official numbers. As a result, the interest rates have dropped significantly, even to
Continue readingExperience, Age, And Wealth Determine Your Stock Market Performance
A recent study about Norwegian traders and investors sheds some light on the returns (or lack of) based on diversification, age, wealth, and risk appetite.
Continue readingIs It Better To Pay Rent Or Buy? (What Would Buffett Do?)
Charlie and I don’t know our cost of capital. It’s taught in business schools, but we’re skeptical. We just look to do the most intelligent
Continue readingHow Long Do You Need to Own Stocks To Make Money? (Time Is Money)
Everyone understands that you need to own stocks over many years to make money. How long do you need to hold a broad portfolio of
Continue readingWhy Spinoffs Outperform (Why A Spinoff Is Good)
Do Spinoffs outperform the market? Is a spinoff a good or bad investment? Evidence points out that spinoffs have historically been good investments, for both
Continue readingIs This The Holy Grail Of Investing? (Ray Dalio Holy Grail)
What is the Holy Grail of investing? The Holy Grail is often used to describe a method to achieve eternal success or happiness, depending on
Continue readingHow To Find Multibagger Stocks (How To Analyze Multibaggers)
Many investors are obsessed with identifying future multibaggers. How can you find multibagger stocks? Unfortunately, it’s not easy. In this article, we look at a
Continue readingHow To Get Rich From Stocks (How To Get Rich In The Stock Market)
Is it possible to get rich by investing in stocks? If so, how do get rich investing in stocks? It’s possible, of course, to get
Continue readingWhy Shorting Is Risky (Why Short Selling Is Difficult And Why You Shouldn’t Short Stocks )
Recently the short squeeze in Gamestop and some other stocks have attracted a lot of media attention. Of course, the action in Gamestop is sheer
Continue readingAn Investment Checklist Example (Why You Should Have A Checklist)
An investment checklist is handy no matter your time horizon or investment style. The bare minimum is a mental checklist, but preferably it should be
Continue readingWhy Stock Splits Are Bad (Pros And Cons Of Stock Splits)
Is a stock split good or bad? Most financial blogs say stock splits are good, but we argue stock splits are bad. There is a
Continue readingWhy You Need An Investment Checklist (Benefits Of A Checklist)
It’s weird how a little tick on a notepad, or even just in your head, can give you assurance and better results without even increasing
Continue readingCan Foreigners Open A US Investment Account?
The US stock market is about 50% of the world’s stock market capitalization. If you want a diversified stock portfolio it’s pretty natural to include
Continue readingWhy Stock Picking Is So Difficult
Stock picking is difficult because only a small minority of the stocks contribute to the majority of the gains. It’s skewed to only a few
Continue readingWhy It Is Important To Avoid Investment Mistakes (Remove Unforced Errors)
The good is mostly in the absence of the bad. – Old proverb, mentioned in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s Antifragile. Why is it important to avoid
Continue readingThe Best Seasonal Period In The Stock Market
Some weeks ago I published an article looking at the worst month in the stock market: September. Today, 29th of September, as September is coming
Continue readingAre Interactive Brokers and Degiro Safe?
In Street Name Your capital is at risk when you are investing in equity markets, but I assume very few consider the broker as a
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