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Whether you’re a beginner investing in the stock market, or an experienced trader, I’m sure that you are aware of the importance of researching any stock that you purchase.  The question is where do you go to get the right information for your research?  Well if you’re like me, you get your stock information from multiple sources and you’d never put all your eggs in one basket (just like with your...

Beginner Investing: Mutual Funds

A mutual fund is simply a pool of money compiled and managed by an investment team. This team is usually centered on the fund manager. The mutual fund is under strict guidelines by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). However, because of the strict trading rules the SEC allows them to be open to the average investor and included in retirement accounts like a 401k because they won’t be overly risky with your...

Six Questions To Ask Before Investing In Mutual Fu...

A mutual fund is a company that pools money from many investors and invests the money in stocks, bonds, short-term money-market instruments, other securities or assets, or some combination of these investments. The combined holdings the mutual fund owns are known as its portfolio. Each share represents an investor’s proportionate ownership of the fund’s holdings and the income those holdings generate. 1. What is...

Beginner Investing – Commissions And Fees

Just the other day I was reading a comment that a reader left and his words brought the memory of an experience that I had several years ago. Here at beginner investing, these are the types of lessons I want to share with people who are thinking of, or have just started investing on their own. When I left one job to go work for another, I had to wait a certain time until I could enroll into their 401K plan. The company only...