9 Financial Bloggers Talk About Their Favorite Investing Books
[This article on favorite investing books may contain affiliate links for which I receive a commission at no cost to you. I only recommend products I use and trust.] One of the best ways to learn about money is through investing books. Not everyone has time to take a class but a good book can provide you with a lifetime’s worth of lesson in a few hours. Investing books can run the gamut. They can be about stock investing or simply managing your money. In the end, the goal is to grow your wealth and there’s rarely a better starting point. As a member of the blogging community, I’ve met…
Portfolio Review – February 2019 – Stock Market Gains Return
[This February portfolio review may contain affiliate links for which I receive a commission at no cost to you. I only recommend products I use and trust.] The last month was a perfect example as to why it’s so hard to time the market. You never know when the stock market gains will return and missing them is a huge hit to your returns. It was easy to feel negative about the market after the shellacking it took in December. After all, look at the performance of my own portfolio and the S&P in the first 24 days of December. As always, the graphics below are from Personal Capital. That’s…
Portfolio Review – January 2019 – 2018 Portfolio Returns
[This portfolio review about 2018 portfolio returns may contain affiliate links at no cost to you] Welcome to the first portfolio review of 2019! The new year is always a good time to look back and see how I did in 2018. My 2018 portfolio returns looked good until about October when the market started to sputter a bit. My last update in December showed a bit of a reduction in portfolio size but it missed the large December drop that followed. I wasn’t too worried about the drop as a long term investor and didn’t mind the lower prices I got via my regular contributions. However, as has been…
