Posts belonging to Category Investing

How to Know When to Sell Your Stocks

While quite a bit of time and research goes into selecting stocks, it is often hard to know when to pull out – especially for first time investors. The good news is that if you have chosen your stocks carefully, you won’t need to pull out for a very long time, such as when you [...]

Online Investors Turn to Technical Analysis

Technology has not only allowed investors to trade online, but has provided them with the tools needed to analyze stocks like the pros.  In fact, technical analysis has become more popular than ever over the last several years. Traders evaluate past price movements to help forecast a security’s future price.
Fundamental analysis, the alternative method of [...]

Building a Profitable Portfolio

Walking through the financial maze of stocks, bonds and mutual funds can be quite a challenge. American Century Investments offers the following tips to give you the know-how on building a profitable portfolio.
Know your goals.

Determine Your Risk Tolerance

Each individual has a risk tolerance that should not be ignored. Any good stock broker or financial planner knows this, and they should make the effort to help you determine what your risk tolerance is. Then, they should work with you to find investments that do not exceed your risk tolerance.

Gold Investment: A Hedge Against Inflation

Gold Investment is an old age tactic of putting your money into something that you feel will increase in value over time. It is a liquid and tangible investment. There are so many motives behind gold investment. Some invest in the hope of future increment in the value, some because they love the yellow metal, [...]