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Fall Investing + Money News to Inspire You

I just returned from Fincon 2015, a peer conference for the financial media community. Now, I’m totally inspired with too much to do on my plate. In conjunction with the exciting conference, I also co-launched Young and Oldish Money Podcast with my partner, Bobby Lee of 2 Minute Finance.com. If any of you have launched a new endeavor, then you understand; there’s the first part of content creation, in this case, recording many episodes of the podcast for publication. Next, and equally as chal…

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Can you predict stock market returns?

Market Forecasts-Can Strong Fundamentals Predict Stock Market Returns?

Do Strong Fundamentals Predict Stock Market Returns? With the recent stock market crash, you may be wondering how to predict stock market returns. Do you think it’s possible to predict stock market returns? Stocks can remain overvalued for a long time before a crash. For example, back in 1996 former Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan wrote about irrational exuberance driving stock prices up to unsustainable levels. He claimed the markets were overvalued and implied they could not keep u…

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SPY 25 year chart-what to do about a market drop? nothing

Why Is the Market Down? What to Do About a Market Drop

Learn What to Do About a Market Drop August 24, 2015 Friday was a wake-up call for investors who thought the markets only went up. It capped a week of pain and suffering across the major market indexes. In fact, this was the worst week for U.S. stocks in 4 years according to the August 22, 2015 Wall Street Journal headline article by E.S. Browning. With worries about China’s economy, Europe or specifically Greece still mired in debt, and lagging oil prices the markets are reacting. Here’s whe…

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Use net present value to decide between a lump sum payment or an annuity.

MBA Class; Use Net Present Value to Make Investment Decisions

I’m in the midst of teaching a Corporate Finance class for MBA students at a local university. Some of the concepts, although rather complicated, have important real world applicability. One of those uber-important concepts is, NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV). It is a method to put a dollar amount on future cash payments. It’s great if you win the lottery and want to determine whether to choose the lump sum payment or monthly option. Or what if you or your folks want to determine the present value of…

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Avoid these top 7 investing mistakes

The Top 7 Investing Mistakes to Avoid

The Top 7 Mistakes Investors Make Investing smartly can increase the likelihood of a prosperous and secure financial future. The problem? Many make costly investing mistakes — and often, repeat the same missteps, which prevents their wealth from growing as much as it could.

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Start-up-Can the marriage of start-ups and the mall save retail?

Investing Analysis-Will Start-ups Save the Mall?

Current Investing Analysis What’s up With the Shopping Malls? I’ve been worried about the mall for a while now. Starting with the recession, housing bust, and mortgage meltdown in 2008-2009, the store vacancies in the local malls are growing. Even today, with a more prosperous economy, there are still vacancy pockets in the large and strip malls. And if shopping malls falter, so will investors. With the preponderance of available shopping venues, is the supply of bricks and mortar outlets out…

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Investment risk-no risk-no reward. How to protect against investment risk.

How to Measure Investment Risk & Protect Against it

Investing is Risky The Investments class I teach at a local university focuses on investing risk and return. We talk about the risk that you’ll lose money if you invest and your stock and bond funds decline in price. There’s also the risk that your purchasing power will erode from inflation. According to a recent Fortune-CNN article food prices increased 2.6% last year. Although, in my region, it seems as though the food increases were quite a bit more. Although the CPI (consumer price index)…

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