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10 Things to Ignore When It Comes to Investing

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1295 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: bs investing noise
Once you learn to ignore all the irrelevant info, investing becomes pretty simple. :) read more »
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Which mutual fund should I invest in? (It doesn't matter as much as you think.)

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1296 days ago, popular 1294 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: index fund managed fund mutual fund
What matters far more than which fund(s) you choose is what you do after you've bought them. (Don't bail out at the wrong time!) read more »
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The Financial Media is Lying to You

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1298 days ago, popular 1298 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: b.s media
The media has a vested interest in sensationalizing financial news. If it wasn't exciting, we wouldn't read it. But the reality is that most of it [...] read more »
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Simplifying Investing: Ignore the Ads

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1299 days ago, popular 1297 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: ads advertisments
One of the sneakiest things about the financial industry is the things that the advertisements *don't* say: Their hidden messages that we often acce[...] read more »
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A Meaningful Definition of Risk

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1300 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: loss risk volatility
Most people tend to define risk as simply "the chance of losing money." It seems to me that we could improve upon this definition. read more »
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Saying "Risk" When We Mean "Volatility"

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1301 days ago, popular 1300 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: investing risk volatility
Unfortunately, even those of us who understand the difference between risk and volatility often use the wrong word. Consequence: People (ourselves in[...] read more »
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Risk vs. Volatility (They're not the same!)

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1302 days ago, popular 1301 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: risk volatility
The difference between risk and volatility is significant. With a short time frame, a volatile investment (like an index fund) is risky. Over a long [...] read more »
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Why Stocks Will Always Outperform Bonds Over Time

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1303 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: asset allocation bonds risk stocks
In the aggregate, businesses will never pay more to borrow money than they can earn by investing it. So who would you rather be? The business owner o[...] read more »
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This Week in Headlines: Just a Bunch of Noise

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1304 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: crisis economy investing panic
Another crazy week, with a bunch of crazy headlines. (None of which matter to the long-term investor...) read more »
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Why Risk Tolerance is a Load of Crap: 60% in Bonds Just Won't Cut It

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1306 days ago, popular 1305 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: asset allocation bonds inflation
Regardless of your risk tolerance, if you don't own a significant amount of equities, inflation will eat you alive. read more »
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Starting to Invest? Get Your Time Frame Right.

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1307 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: asset allocation investing
An explanation of how your asset allocation depends upon your investment horizon. Also discusses people's tendency to underestimate their investment[...] read more »
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Why Dollar-Cost-Averaging Works: A Look at the Numbers

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1308 days ago, popular 1307 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: dollar cost averaging investing
An explanation (with easy to read charts) explaining why dollar-cost-averaging is an excellent long term investment strategy. read more »
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Timing the Market is Loser's Game: What We Can Learn from Dollar-Weighted Returns

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1309 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: investing timing the market
An explanation of dollar-weighted returns (as opposed to time-weighted returns) and what we can learn from them. read more »
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Financial Crisis vs. Economic Crisis

Posted by ObliviousInvestor 1309 days ago, popular 1309 days ago (http://www.obliviousinvestor.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: crisis economy investing
Discussion of the difference between an economic crisis and a financial crisis. Explains why a financial crisis is no reason to sell your investments[...] read more »
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