I have five things that I look for when evaluating a mutual fund to see if I want to invest in it. I’ll outline the five criteria that I look for when evaluating a mutual fund to know if I should invest in it. Here are those five criteria:

The Investment strategy [...]

I meant to do this post yesterday during the designated President’s Day, but I didn’t get to it, so I thought I would share it with you a day late. I think one of the biggest tragedies of our modern culture is that we do not follow the guidance and wisdom laid out by [...]

If you’re scrambling for last-minute ways to cut your tax bill for 2007, you are in luck. Apparently, the IRS understands thos of us who are procrastinators, so they will allow you contribute up until April 15th, 2008 towards your IRA for it to count towards your 2007 contributions. this article via Yahoo [...]

Once you are ready to start investing your hard-earned money and let your money start doing some work for you, you’ll need to figure out your level of risk tolerance. We are all unique in many different ways, and the level of risk we are willing to take varies from each individual. Some [...]

It’s the new year, and one of your goals for this new year may have been to open a retirement account. Whether you are 18, 38, 58, or 68, I would encourage you to open an IRA tomorrow, and begin contributing to it regularly. The biggest misconception about saving for retirement is that [...]

The answer depends on what type of investor you are, and what kind of investing you want to do. I listen to a lot of talk radio, and all I hear are commercials from talk show hosts endorsing gold as an investment. Do any of these talk show hosts really do any research [...]

I signed up for tax tips from J.K. Lasser, and they sent me these tips on expenses that can and cannot be deducted for investors. See how many of these you already knew about and which ones you never knew you could deduct on your taxes:

Expenses You Can Deduct
Legal fees: If you [...]

Do you want to invest in global technology, but don’t know what stocks to pick? You know that I am not a big proponent of putting together your own portfolio of individual stocks. Let someone else do it who lives and breathes picking winning stocks. Smart Money magazine offers a great ETF [...]

I went to Vegas over the weekend, and it was my first time. I wasn’t too impressed with the Las Vegas strip itself, but some of the casinos and resorts are just unbelievable. I would like to know what the square footage is for the Venetian or Caesar’s Palace. The fountain in [...]

Sunday morning, I was out getting the newspaper at the newspaper stand. I put in my 6 quarters, and I pulled the lever, and I did what I always do when I’m about to pick up a newspaper from the rack. I paused for a second, and then I lifted up two of [...]