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Is day trading for a living your dream job? Get another one – study says 97% of day traders lose money

Is day trading your dream job? A study from the University of San Paulo Brazil by Fernando Chague, Rodrigo De-Losso, and Bruno Giovannettisays that the vast majority of day traders lose money in the equity markets. Some of the most popular Read more…

By informedfinancials_ewdd8s, 51 years51 years ago
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Home Country Bias in investing

Most investors tend to exhibit certain trends when they invest and one of the most observable ones is home country bias. Home country bias is when an investor is over exposed to domestic equities in their investment portfolios. Let’s look Read more…

By informedfinancials_ewdd8s, 51 years51 years ago
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Recommended financial services:

These are a many investment and financial services out there. This is a list of various products we use and endorse. Further, we’ll make notes on ones we have heard of which have high reviews and good products as well. Read more…

By informedfinancials_ewdd8s, 51 years51 years ago
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Best and easiest funds for the most diversification

Across this website, I’ve urged people to use diversification in their asset allocations, explained why diversification is a free lunch, and why you should have international diversification. But fortunately, there’s a few really easy ways to get all the diversification Read more…

By informedfinancials_ewdd8s, 51 years51 years ago
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Why you should invest in international stocks

Many American based investors have a common belief that investing in American stocks gives them enough world diversification because American companies do business overseas. Or even worse, they are using recency bias as an excuse to not invest directly in Read more…

By informedfinancials_ewdd8s, 51 years51 years ago
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How is a credit score calculated?

In preparing for your financial future there are many things that can impact it, from the job you choose, to how much you save every month, how much debt you choose to take on, and how you manage your credit. Read more…

By informedfinancials_ewdd8s, 51 years51 years ago
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How to use a credit card responsibly – 5 ways to use credit responsibly

Building credit and using credit cards is an important long-term goal most Americans should have. Building credit allows individuals to get better deals on interest rates for loans – like car loans, mortgages, and personal loans. However, the average American Read more…

By informedfinancials_ewdd8s, 51 years51 years ago
Personal Finance

How do you determine your asset allocation?

Asset allocation is perhaps one of the most important concepts investors and financially savvy people can know. You should be asking yourself, two questions. One, how old you are? Two, what your risk tolerance is? And you should be asking Read more…

By informedfinancials_ewdd8s, 51 years51 years ago
Personal Finance

The Power of Budgeting

A lot of financial advice and investing in the stock market can only be done with extra money. There’s two ways to have more disposable income in this life, either make more money or spend less of the money you Read more…

By informedfinancials_ewdd8s, 51 years51 years ago
Personal Finance

The three fund or two fund portfolio – which is better?

The two easiest and most commonly recommended portfolios for investors and newbies are the two and three fund portfolios. These are among the lowest cost and simplest broad market portfolios that you could own. The two-fund portfolio is by far Read more…

By informedfinancials_ewdd8s, 51 years51 years ago

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