As you prepare to go house hunting, there is one tool that I can’t recommend enough: a digital camera. Odds are that, during your search for the perfect home, you’ll look at enough houses that they’ll quickly start to melt together in your mind. Photographing a house thoroughly can help you remember which house had [...]

This is the first of a five part series on mistakes that I feel are made by new and inexperienced stock investors. I have either personally made these mistakes or seen others who have.

Mistake #1: They buy stocks after the price rises. If the name of the stock investing game is to buy low and sell high, than the single biggest mistake made by newbie investors is buying at a higher price.

Welcome to the 8th edition of the Carnival of Investing! For those that are new to it, the Carnival of Investing is a weekly guide to some of the best predictions, strategies, and analysis by financial investment blogs. You can view submission guidelines and the hosting schedule here.

We’ve got a great selection of reading this week. Let’s get started!

M.S. sent me this e-mail about a week ago. It is a loaded question, but really got me thinking about the stock market.
Alexander: If you folks say to learn to pick your own stocks, how do you do it? I have subscribed to the IBD for about 2-3 months now and I have not [...]

A few weeks ago, I learned about Phil Town and what he is teaching with his Rule #1 style of investing.
I like Phil’s approach and his emphasis on minimizing risk, and I know a lot of his readers do too. Although I haven’t gotten my hands on his book Rule #1 (it [...]

When it comes to online stock trading, one thing I have learned is that a good online stock broker– with low fees, flexible options, and speedy customer service– is very important.
There are many online brokers to choose from, it is something that affects you every day.
You should definitely take the time to pick a broker [...]