investing

We have all heard the test done by letting a four-year-old girl pick stocks at random and (in a growing market) outperforming professional traders. So I came across a listing of buy-hold-sell advice from various banks. Theoretically, if one just acted on a number of these, and strictly...

Thinkorswim/Investools is an online brokerage/investor education company. Superficially they seem okay, their product seems useful, and I haven't seen any major complaints on the intertubes, but they're a little aggressive in trying to get me to sign-up for their services. For $99.00 I attended...

What do you consider the best source or sources for advice and other information regarding investing? Books, sites, economists, columnists--whatever. And/or, what investing approach do you favor?

[Disclosure: I am a female investor and I have worked in investment banking for 12 years :)] Story from the FT today (20/11/08) "Get women on board, bailed-out banks urged" From money.co.uk (18/11/08): "Women Make Better Stock Pickers than Men" Link to Digital Look studies (requires free...

Hi! So I'm looking at getting a solid low-risk section in my investment portfolio. I'm looking at S+P 500 index funds, since they're low-cost, and are recommended by quite a few sources since it's so hard to beat the market consistently over the years. Here's what's bugging me...

In a month or so I will have cleared up my credit card and have saved $1000 (new job and a raise) to try my hand at investing in the stock market. Should I be looking for a stock that trades in the 0-10 dollar range so that I can have more than 10 shares and spread my limited wealth between...

Has anyone ever heard of anyone studying real estate using the Donald Trump method having made a million per the Learning Annex claim (see below)? Or does the following just sound a lot like they are exploiting Trump’s name, er, for a price? (obviously)...

Just wondering if anybody's read the book & what they thought of it..........

Just read an article in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten which stated that the top 500 companies in China had increased their profits by 23% on average last year. 23%! On average! How does one buy stock in Chinese companies? Is there any problem in selling said stock and getting the profit...