Simply Investing: Building a Diversified Portfolio-The Bingo Method Chris Liverani| Unsplash.com | Building a Diversified Portfolio Building a diversified portfolio is like a cover-all bingo game. You have to have coverage in each of the spaces to win. So what does our bingo card look like when discussing the investment market? It is a card with nine squares…

Simply Investing: People vs. Online DIY Investing Are you the person who wants to do it yourself, or do you want the help of a financial professional? You can start your investing journey either way. …

Choosing Fund families. The first step in deciding on a portfolio is to choose a fund family you like. You can choose other socially responsible fund families or general fund families. In a Socially responsible fund family, the fund manager can include only those companies in their fund that adhere to defined social…

Company Size and the Market A stock market is a place where a company's stock is registered. It is also known as an exchange. Exchange is a good name because it encompasses what we are doing. …

Simply Investing: stocks, bonds, one company vs. mutual funds. In this article, I am going to answer three questions. What are the two primary ways we invest in companies? How many companies should we own? Remember ENRON. What is a portfolio? Also, let me make a note here. We are only touching the surface here to help you gain…

Investing is taking your excess money and letting someone make it grow for you. Of course, you expect you will get back what you gave plus growth minus fees. Yesterday we looked at why savings in a jar or a bank weren’t going to keep up with the growth of…

Money In our first three articles, I talked about money myths, truths, and controlling your money. Now we are going to move on to two of the fundamental ways of handling your money that will benefit you for years to come. The money you save or invest is like your children…

"Too many people spend money they earned..to buy things they don't want..to impress people that they don't like." — Will Rogers. What does this mean? Money is like the call of the sirens in Greek myths. The sirens call lures you away from happiness and success and can turn you into a ravaging beast…

Seven Truths to Understand so you can control your money Money We exchange our time for money to exchange money for goods and services from others. This is what it is all about. In my last blog, we talked about seven myths about money that have been ingrained in us. (See "Seven Money Myths.”) Today we will explore truths you need…