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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Diversify: Key to successful investing

With every business comes risks, and even greater if you put your money in stocks or mutual fund, this is because these investments are volatile. Stock prices increases and decreases every minute or so, so predicting its trends may not be that easy, unless you have a superpower prediction software installed in your brain. So why is investing in stocks very risk? For people like me who have not gone to Business schools stock is a term not usually discussed and most are not that acquainted with this term. So what is a stock? According to www.investorwords.com,...

Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Importance of Cost-Averaging Scheme when into Mutual Fund

The cost-averaging strategy is very applicable in succeeding when you are investing in mutual funds or when you are into common stocks. By employing this approach, an investor can greatly increase his chances of earning higher net over a period of at least 5 years and also reducing his risks of losing. How does it work? Before we proceed, let us first discuss what a cost averaging technique is all about. Firstly, it is designed to reduce market risk through careful planning and buying of securities and investments at a predetermined interval...