Make Money Investing The Warren Buffett Way
MarketRiders is a web based platform that helps investors build low cost portfolios using exchange traded funds (ETF). Exchange traded funds are a good way to get simple low cost diversification because they typically have lower fees than most mutual funds. MarketRiders works in conjunction with most of the major brokerage firms in the industry. … [Read More...]

Buying a car has always been an expensive proposition. Auto loans are often the second biggest expense that an individual has after buying a home. Despite an economy that has seen housing prices decline and wages stagnate, automobile prices have continued to rise. In order to deal with the rising prices of automobiles, lending institutions have been extended loan terms longer and longer. According to the Wall Street Journal, loan terms have hit a new record. … [Read More...]

One of the reasons that I started this website is because I so admired the investing style of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. I have marveled at the investment strategy of Warren Buffett since my college days and have long since considered him one of the greatest minds in value investing. There is another reason however that I follow Buffett’s financial wisdom. Buffett has been a generous investor and his philanthropic endeavors continued in 2012. … [Read More...]

The current fiscal cliff talks have caused a number of stocks to pull back in value. There are quite a few stocks who have become decent buying opportunities while others have become potentially worthless. One such company is in the technology industry. The company in question is the computer retailer Hewlett Packard Company (HPQ). Is HP a value play right now or a value trap? … [Read More...]

Pick up a copy of September 2012's Black Enterprise Magazine. I am in this month's edition making a few predictions about the overall direction of the stock market and giving my thoughts on three stocks that can benefit investors. I have selected one growth stock, one value stock, and one income stock that can make money for investors portfolios. … [Read More...]

Investors often look in the wrong place when they are trying to find a company that can make them a lot of cash. Investors are attracted to the big name companies like Walmart's (WMT), Exxon's (XOM), Nike's (NKE), and Coca Cola's (KO) of the world. While these are all great companies that can make money for investors over time, they are not great growth stocks. Large cap stocks have a place in the portfolio of investors as income generators, defensive plays, or stable growers. Investors looking … [Read More...]

Investors that are in search of a good dividend in the current marketplace can still find good yields from companies generating high dividend yields. There are a number of companies paying out solid yields in all sorts of industries. The companies vary from small players to Fortune 500 companies. Here are a few good dividend plays. … [Read More...]

The stories of the rise to wealth of famous people like Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Oprah Winfrey are legendary. They were each able to take their lifelong passions and turn them into billion dollar fortunes. There are other entrepreneurs that have made large amounts of income through innovative business ventures as well. Just because they are not on the cover of Forbes magazine does not mean that you cannot learn a thing or two from them. These 5 guys are making a ton of money on the … [Read More...]

If you are looking to make some extra income then this is the post for you. It is possible for you to earn $1,000 a month right from the comforts of your own home. There is no limit on how much you could earn depending on how quickly you can turn out content. You may not get rich writing for all of these sites but you can pad your bank account. … [Read More...]

Should you place your hard earned dollars in the hands of the Bank of Americas, Citigroups. Wells Fargos, and JP Morgan Chases? Most of the large banks have had short term hiccups but the big banks have always been able to find a way to generate profits over the long term. That is because banks are great at coming up with new ways to generate revenue. The revenue that is generated often comes at the expense of the banking customer. While big banks may merit an investment during times when the … [Read More...]

I did a webinar for eHow Money a year ago. It was a great opportunity to share my story about how I became a financial writer. I never really thought about it before but it was somewhat of a transition. My entire work history is in corporate finance and now I spend quite a bit of my time writing on personal finance. So, today I figured that I would take sometime to go through my journey and retrace my steps of growing my blog from virtually no readers (except my family!) to a solid readership … [Read More...]

I am going to start with a post on how I make money on the Internet. Here are the ways that have worked for me so far. 1. Writing for other sites. Starting my blog has led to a number of different blogging jobs. Writing jobs have generated a consistent income stream for me. I have been able to create a passive income stream by writing for other sites. When I first started I was writing online I was making between $200 and $300 a month. Now, I can easily earn $2,000 writing for other … [Read More...]

Facebook launched its initial public offering a few weeks ago and a lot of investors gobbled up shares of the stock. Facebook had a lot of things going in its favor. The company has name recognition. Facebook is incredible well known with over 600 million people having accounts. Social media is one of the hottest niches in the technology market place and investors are lining up to throw cash at the sector. Combine all of the factors and you can see why Facebook’s stock price hit $45 a … [Read More...]

Are you tired of only making 3 to 4 cents per day for all of your hard work? You have tried and tried to make money blogging but you feel like you are banging your head against a wall. Most bloggers aren’t trying to make six or seven figures by blogging. They would just be happy with a five figure income. Have you tried all of the ad networks and have nothing to show but $3 or $4 a month for your efforts. So, why is your blog failing to make any money? Let’s start here. I am going to … [Read More...]

Today, I would like to take a look at one of my favorite long term online brokers. The broker

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Any regular reader of this blog knows that I am not a big credit card guy. I do have a credit card
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MarketRiders is a web based platform that helps investors build low cost portfolios using exchange

The big winner on a down day for the stock market is Warren Buffett and Bank of America (BAC). Bank of America is up 9% on a day when the market is down 200 points. In a surprising move, Buffett made a $5 billion dollar investment in the banking … [Read More...]

This past week a few companies announced that they would be boosting their dividend payouts. Two of these companies are in the oil sector where energy companies are once again raking in the cash. Oil over $100 a barrel means record profits once … [Read More...]

I often get asked the best way to start investing in the stock market. I always think that a mutual fund is the best place to begin because it provides broad diversification at a low price. However, if you are interested in buying an individual stock … [Read More...]