The Financial Reader

There are people out there that dislike gold. They think it’s overrated, that everyone wants to have it, and naturally, we can understand that. After all, gold is everywhere – necklaces, statues, bracelets, lockets, music boxes, even food. And gold isn’t just everyWHERE, it’s also everyWHEN. Cultures as old and as distant as Sumerians, Ancient […]

So you’ve made the decision to invest, now the challenge is to work out what to put your money into and for how long. There are numerous types of investments, which lead to other choices once chosen. Longer-term investments mean better returns, but when you need access to your cash, short-term schemes can be the […]

There are multiple reasons why investing your money is advisable. It certainly trumps low-interest savings accounts, or relying on auctioning off memorabilia collections in thirty years’ time to provide you with a much-needed windfall. If you have some money stashed away for a rainy day, read on to discover why investing it really is the […]

Whenever you’re learning something new, it feels like you’re sailing into uncharted waters. When learning the basics of investing, you have to get familiar with the basic lingo – in order to properly navigate through the world of investing, you have to know what stocks, bonds, and other investment vehicles are. Of course, once you […]

When it comes to investing in a retirement plan or a brokerage account, you usually have three options: bonds, stocks and of course, cash. So the biggest question is, how much of your assets should be in stocks, bonds and how much in cash?   Unsurprisingly, there’s no universal solution in this case. The answer […]

The main idea behind value investing is fairly straightforward. When the market lowers the stock price for one company, an investor would see this as an opportunity to make a profit. However, he only assumes that there will be a correction in the valuation soon.   Why are there contradictions? Value investing has a contradictory […]

If you want to have a worry-free retirement, you should start making bigger investments as soon as possible. When it comes to investing, the biggest advantage you can have your side is time. This means, the earlier you start investing, the more time your initial investment has to grow.   The question, of course, is […]