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How Quality of the Portfolio Impacts Down Market Recovery and Compounding

The quality of the stocks in your portfolio plays a crucial role in how well your investments recover from market downturns and continue to grow over time. In turbulent markets, quality stocks – those with strong fundamentals, reliable earnings, and solid cash flows – tend to hold up better than lower-quality stocks. This not only mitigates the impact of a...
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Are advisor fees and costs important to investment results?

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
January 8, 2025
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What Golf and Investing Have in Common

 Investment Principles,
January 8, 2025
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What are Share Repurchases?

 Investment Principles,
December 10, 2024
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How Portfolio Overlap Could Be Putting Your Investments at Risk!

 Financial Planning,
 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Investor Mistakes,
December 10, 2024
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The Dangers of Negative Compounding

 Behavior,
 Financial Planning,
 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
December 10, 2024
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How Do Recent Returns Impact Average Returns?

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
 Understanding Results,
November 19, 2024
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What is the Difference Between Market-Cap Index Funds and Equal Weighted Index Funds?

 Investment Principles,
November 19, 2024
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What are Mutual Fund Inefficiencies?

 Index Investing,
 Indexing for the Affluent,
 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 19, 2024
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What are the 10 most common investor mistakes?

 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Investor Mistakes,
 Top Personal Finance FAQs,
November 19, 2024
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Why Are Down Markets Your Friend?

 Behavior,
 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
November 19, 2024
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How does a 1000 Point Drop Compare with History?

 History of Markets,
 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Understanding Results,
October 21, 2024
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The Failed Perception of Index Fund Benchmarks: Understanding the Pitfalls of Misguided Comparisons

 Index Investing,
 Investment Principles,
 Types of Indexes,
 Understanding Results,
October 15, 2024
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The Correlation of Risk and Return: There’s no free lunch!

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
October 15, 2024
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Building a portfolio with a correction in mind vs timing the correction

 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Portfolio Considerations,
October 1, 2024
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What should I do if I am worried about the market?

 Behavior,
 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Personal Finance FAQs,
October 1, 2024
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Common Investment Mistakes Affluent Investors Should Avoid

 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Investor Mistakes,
October 1, 2024
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The Market’s at an All-Time High. Why Should I Keep Investing?

 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Understanding Results,
September 19, 2024
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The Media’s Role in Fueling Market Hysteria: Lessons for the Prudent Investor

 Behavior,
 History of Markets,
 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
September 19, 2024
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Quality vs. Volatility: The Impact of Stock Quality on Market Swings

 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Portfolio Considerations,
September 19, 2024
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The Importance of Transparency and Direct Ownership for Retail Investors

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
September 17, 2024
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The Power of Diversification: How Different Asset Classes Complement Each Other in a Balanced Portfolio

 Behavior,
 Index Sectors,
 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Portfolio Considerations,
September 17, 2024
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The Market Is Like a Coin—It Has Two Sides: Up and Down

 Investment Principles,
 Knowledge & Insights,
 Markets,
 Understanding Results,
September 17, 2024
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RMD Timing Secrets: When to Withdraw for Maximum Gains

 Behavior,
 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Tax,
September 17, 2024
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How Down Markets Can Actually Benefit Investments in Bonds and Dividend Stocks

 Behavior,
 Fixed Income,
 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Why to Buy & Where,
August 14, 2024
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Cryptocurrency Nightmares: The Hidden Dangers Every Investor Should Know

 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Top Investor Mistakes,
August 14, 2024
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The Surprising Truth About Owning a Second Home – Is It Worth It?

 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Investor Mistakes,
 Top Personal Finance FAQs,
August 14, 2024
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Surviving a Market Correction: What Every Investor Needs to Know

 Behavior,
 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Top Markets FAQs,
August 12, 2024
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The Importance of Rebalancing a Portfolio

 Investment Principles,
 Portfolio Considerations,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
August 12, 2024
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What If You Miss the Best Part of the Recovery

 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Top Investor Mistakes,
August 12, 2024
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What Should I Do in a Bear Market?

 Behavior,
 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Top Markets FAQs,
August 9, 2024
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If I own stock through a mutual fund, do I have the power to vote my shares?

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
August 9, 2024
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Risk of Overconcentration

 Index Investing,
 Investment Principles,
 Top Investor Mistakes,
July 11, 2024
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Historical examples of hot sectors that didn’t end well

 History of Markets,
 Investment Principles,
 Knowledge & Insights,
 Markets,
 Top Investor Mistakes,
July 11, 2024
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The Diversification Challenge

 Investment Principles,
 Knowledge & Insights,
 Markets,
 Understanding Results,
July 11, 2024
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How do I build an Investment Portfolio?

 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Portfolio Considerations,
 Top Personal Finance FAQs,
June 24, 2024
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Beginner Investment Mistakes to Avoid

 Financial Planning,
 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Investor Mistakes,
June 24, 2024
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How To Build Generational Wealth

 Estate & Legacy Planning,
 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
June 20, 2024
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What Is a Wash Sale? 

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
May 14, 2024
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Swing Trading 

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
May 14, 2024
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How to Start Saving for Retirement

 Financial Planning,
 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
May 14, 2024
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Beginning Steps to Retirement Planning

 Financial Planning,
 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
May 14, 2024
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What is an After Tax 401(k)

 Personal Finance,
 Tax,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
May 14, 2024
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Efficient Frontier

 Investment Principles,
March 28, 2024
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What is the 4% Rule?

 Behavior,
 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Personal Finance FAQs,
January 11, 2024
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What was the Dot-Com Bubble?

 Economics,
 Investment Principles,
 Top Economics FAQs,
 Top Investor Mistakes,
January 9, 2024
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What are Defensive Stocks?

 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
 Top Markets FAQs,
January 9, 2024
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Upside Capture

 Investment Principles,
 Understanding Results,
November 3, 2023
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Turnover

 Investment Principles,
November 3, 2023
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Trade Spreads

 Investment Principles,
November 3, 2023
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What Is Rate Of Return?

 Investment Principles,
 Understanding Results,
November 3, 2023
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Reversion to the Mean

 Investment Principles,
 Understanding Results,
November 3, 2023
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Opportunity Costs

 Economics,
 Investment Principles,
 Top Economics FAQs,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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What are Rallies, Pullbacks, and Average Returns?

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
 Understanding Results,
November 3, 2023
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Nominal/Real Returns

 Economics,
 Interests Rates,
 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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Puts

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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Passive vs. Active Investment

 Index Investing,
 Investment Principles,
 Portfolio Considerations,
November 3, 2023
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Options

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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What are Market Cycles?

 Economics,
 Investment Principles,
 Knowledge & Insights,
 Markets,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
 Top Markets FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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Short Selling

 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
 Top Markets FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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Monte Carlo

 Economics,
 Financial Planning,
 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
November 3, 2023
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Liquidity

 Economics,
 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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What is Timing the Market?

 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Top Investor Mistakes,
 Top Markets FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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Margin

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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Rule of 72

 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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What Is Leverage?

 Investment Principles,
November 3, 2023
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Is Bigger Better?

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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Downside Capture

 Investment Principles,
 Understanding Results,
November 3, 2023
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Market Pullbacks

 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Top Markets FAQs,
 Understanding Results,
November 3, 2023
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Preferred Stock

 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
 Top Markets FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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What is Diversification?

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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What is Market Share?

 Investment Principles,
 Markets,
 Top Markets FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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Derivatives

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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What is Dollar Cost Averaging?

 Financial Planning,
 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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Why do Transparency and Control Matter?

 Index Investing,
 Investment Principles,
 Top Index FAQs,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 3, 2023
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What is COGS (Cost of Goods Sold)?

 Investment Principles,
November 2, 2023
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What is Correlation?

 Investment Principles,
 Portfolio Considerations,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 2, 2023
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What is Compound Interest?

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
November 2, 2023
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What Are Commodities?

 Index Investing,
 Index Sectors,
 Investment Principles,
November 2, 2023
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What is the CAPM?

 Investment Principles,
 Portfolio Considerations,
November 2, 2023
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Calls

 Investment Principles,
November 2, 2023
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What are the Disadvantages of Indirect Ownership?

 Index Investing,
 Investment Principles,
 Top Investor Mistakes,
November 2, 2023
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Buying the Dips

 Behavior,
 Investment Principles,
November 2, 2023
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Broker-Dealer

 Investment Principles,
November 2, 2023
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Benchmarks

 Index Investing,
 Investment Principles,
 Types of Indexes,
November 2, 2023
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Investor Behavior

 Behavior,
 Investment Principles,
November 1, 2023
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What are Bear Markets?

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
October 24, 2023
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Backtesting

 Investment Principles,
October 24, 2023
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AUM

 Investment Principles,
October 24, 2023
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What is Asset Protection?

 Investment Principles,
October 23, 2023
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What is Alpha?

 Investment Principles,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
October 23, 2023
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What does Age have to do with Asset Allocation?

 Investment Principles,
 Personal Finance,
 Top Personal Finance FAQs,
October 23, 2023
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Should I worry about index funds pooled ownership?

 Index Investing,
 Investment Principles,
 Top Index FAQs,
 Top Investment Principles FAQs,
October 23, 2023
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Accelerated Depreciation

 Investment Principles,
October 23, 2023