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Steve Selengut's Articles in Investments Show All|Display Category|Title|Newest|Oldest Year End Investment Ideas and Tax Strategies First thing Monday morning I'm going to march into my boss's office and demand a pay cut so that I'll be in a lower tax bracket next year. Your Financial Professional's perspective may produce smart tax advice but only professional investors (not accountants, attorneys, stockbrokers, financial planners, advisors in general) should be called upon for acceptable investment advice. Asset Allocation: Investment Management Without Mutual Funds Investing is not a competitive event, ever. You don't need to beat the market. You need to accomplish a set of personalized goals. Avoid what the crowd is doing and shun investment products. Consumers buy products; Investors buy securities. Avoid hindsightful analysis, and uninformed (or salesperson) criticism. Window Dressing: Wall Street's Investment "Circle of Gold". At least four times per year, security prices are more a function of institutional marketing practices than they are a reflection of the economic forces that we would like to think are their primary determining factors. Do you remember the "Circle of Gold" chain letter from the seventies? RELAX, A Volatile Stock Market Is Your Dearest Friend A volatile equity market creates opportunities with every gyration in either direction. But you have to be willing to transact to reap the benefits. A necessary first step is to recognize that both "up" and "down" markets are forces of Stock Market nature with abundant potential. In Value Stock Investing, Quality is Job One In the late 90's, a well-known Value Fund Manager was asked why he wasn't buying dot-coms, IPOs, etc. When he said that they didn't qualify as Value Stocks, he was told to change his definition... or else. Here are five filters you can use to come up with a selection universe of higher quality companies. Ten Common Investment Errors: Stocks, Bonds, & Management Losing money on an investment may not be the result of a mistake, and not all mistakes result in monetary losses. Compounding the problems that investors have managing their investment portfolios is the sideshowesque sensationalism that the media brings to the process. Avoid these ten common errors to improve your performance: Ishares and ETFs: Indexed Investment Illusions Let's not dwell upon the three or more levels of speculation that are the very foundation of all index funds… these things are designed for manipulation! Isn't "Passive Management" as much of an oxymoron as "Variable Annuity"? The Investment Gods are not happy. The Case for Value Stock Investing...What If? Predicting the performance of individual issues is a totally different ball game that requires an even more powerful crystal ball and a whole array of completely illegal relationships. No one can predict individual issue price movements legally, consistently, or in a timely manner. Managing the Income Portfolio You don’t have to be a professional Investment Manager to professionally manage your investment portfolio, but you do need to have a long term plan and know something about Asset Allocation… a portfolio organization tool that is often misunderstood and almost always improperly used within the financial community. Remember, your unhappiness is Wall Street’s most coveted asset. Don’t humor them. Understanding Fixed Income Securities: Expectations Wall Street pumps out products and Investment Experts rationalize strategies that cloud the simple rules governing the behavior of what should be an investor’s retirement blankie. The investment gods have spoken: “The market price of Fixed Income Securities shall vary inversely with Interest Rates, both actual and anticipated… and it is good.”	Authors Sign Up for a free account. Submit your articles. Publishers Category RSS feeds. Resources Accredited Home Schools Article Directory More Resources

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