The Simple Dollar Time Machine: March 6, 2010

Many newer readers of The Simple Dollar haven’t been exposed to the hundreds of great articles in the archives of the site, so this is a weekly series that highlights the five best posts from one year ago this week, two years ago this week, and three years ago this week. I call it … the Time Machine.

One Year Ago ...

Just How Safe is Your Money Right Now?

Even after the government took the opportunity to step in and bail out one of our largest insurance companies, the stock market still managed to find a way to completely tank, because many investors were not persuaded that this intervention was going to protect their investments. This is when you have to find confidence, knowing where your money is and ...

Buy-and-Hold Investing: 4 Ways to Make It More Effective

Buy and hold is dead?

By WC Porter

The buy-and-hold investing strategy is kind of like my dad’s 1981 Toyota pickup truck: dependable, reliable, old, and a little raggedy looking. It’s been around forever and everyone always takes it for granted.

But every time it breaks down, people tell him to dump it already. Enough with the 29-year old car already, they say.

Buy and hold ...

Pay Off Debt or Invest? Think About Your Rate of Return

Andrew writes in:

My girlfriend and I bought a home last year and qualify for the First Time Homebuyer Credit. When you include my share of this, I will be getting back around $4500 in my tax refund. This is a lot of money to me and I’m trying to decide what to do with it. About half will go toward ...

Lending Club Review – Peer to Peer Lending, a Solid Investment and Borrowing Alternative

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After the stock market crashed at the end of 2008, many people, including younger generations became very skeptical of the stock market and what it had to offer as a legitimate place to park your money. Peer-to-peer lending is a concept that has been around for a very long time, but the method as to how it ...

Early Market Optimism, Dissecting the January Effect

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What is the January Effect?

With 2009 mercifully behind us, believers in a bounce-back 2010 are staking their hopes on the “January Effect.” The January Effect, for those new to the concept, refers to how securities prices tend to rise in January. The main characteristic of this phenomenon is a rush to buy securities before the end ...

15-Minute Resolution #5: Check the Asset Allocation of your Investment Portfolio

Here’s the next installment of my series on New Year’s Resolutions that can be done today, and not put off for “some day” in the future. We all know how that usually turns out…

Last year was definitely a roller coaster year when it came to the stock market, and you may have taken the “just don’t open the ...

Top 10 Financial Blogs To Follow In 2010 By Category

Today, I’d like to share with everyone blogs that I read and think you should check out.  For each blog, I will provide details on what is great about it so that you can understand better which blogs might be best for you.  I hope that the following blog recommendations will help you find additional helpful resources on the web.  ...

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