http://www.netvouz.com/infor626/tag/investment?feed=rss&pg=6 infor626's bookmarks tagged "investment" on Netvouz http://library.lp.findlaw.com/securitieslaw_1_1008_1.html infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.173/for-individual-investors-risk-free-investment-money-is-fantasy-money.html For individual investors, risk-free investment money is fantasy money - Personal Financial Planning > Financial Decision Rules - Financial Articles, Investments with low risk and high returns are just fantasies. No risk free investment money is consistently and reliably available to individuals. Luck dominates skill in the securities markets. Clever investment selection is vastly over hyped, and only the promoters tend to benefit. On average over long periods, investors get paid risk premiums, because they put their money at risk. If they control their costs, they get to keep most of these risk premiums. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.category.15/advisor-fraud.html Frauds and Scams by Financial and Investment Advisers - Financial Advisors, Investment Counselors, and the Financial Industry - Financial Articles, The vast majority of financial advisors and investment counselors are honest and try to serve the best interests of their clients. Unfortunately, there are wolves among the sheep, and investors should be very careful, when they use an adviser. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.300/fund-authority-scores-taking-the-snake-oil-out-of-investment-fund-evaluation.html Fund Authority Scores - Taking the Snake Oil Out of Investment Fund Evaluation - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs > The Fund Authority Score System for Evaluating Mutual Funds and ETFs - Financial Articles, Historical performance charts allow investment fund promoters to selectively market their supposedly superior funds and to allege that their excessively high fees are worth it. Lured in by superior past performance, most often individual investors will get mediocre future performance before costs and even worse performance after costs. Unreasonably high investment expenses, industry sales and marketing fees, and excessive yet hidden, performance killing portfolio trading costs are the real economic factors that in... infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.98/governmental-and-self-regulation-of-the-securities-industry.html Governmental and self-regulation of the securities industry - Financial Advisors, Investment Counselors, and the Financial Industry > Regulation of Financial Advisors and Investment Advisers - Financial Articles, Regarding regulation of financial planners and investment advisors, the picture can sometimes be confusing. While various state and federal government entities can enforce laws, these agencies usually are not be involved in the direct management and regulation of market brokers and other financial or investment advisors. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.254/be-wary-of-new-investment-asset-classes.html Hear ye, Hear Ye, individual investors: Be wary of new investment asset classes - Personal Investment Management > Asset Allocation and Personal Investment Risk Tolerance Articles - Financial Articles, Many promoters in the financial services industry have shown a strong proclivity in recent years to invent and to market supposedly new investment asset classes. Industry advocates will claim that these new asset classes deserve some minimum percentage allocation within your investment portfolio. These supposed new asset classes have included commodity futures, managed futures, precious metals, the 57+ varieties of hedge funds, and other asset class inventions. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.254/be-wary-of-new-investment-asset-classes.html Hear ye, Hear Ye, individual investors: Be wary of new investment asset classes - Personal Investment Management > Asset Allocation and Personal Investment Risk Tolerance Articles - Financial Articles, Many promoters in the financial services industry have shown a strong proclivity in recent years to invent and to market supposedly new investment asset classes. Industry advocates will claim that these new asset classes deserve some minimum percentage allocation within your investment portfolio. These supposed new asset classes have included commodity futures, managed futures, precious metals, the 57+ varieties of hedge funds, and other asset class inventions. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.71/how-can-individual-investors-trust-when-so-much-investment-information-is-rubbish.html How can individual investors trust, when so much investment information is rubbish? - Personal Investment Management > Scientific Investment Best Practices Articles - Financial Articles, Investing evokes a very wide variety of thoughts, emotions, and motivations. Conversations, the media, and popular literature contain significant unverified, biased, false, and sometimes simply ridiculous investment information. When such information is superficially plausible, it seems especially easy for erroneous beliefs to perpetuate and become part of widespread investment folklore. The Skilled Investor dubs such supposed investment information as “rubbish.” infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/wp/how-expensive-is-investment-advisor-compensation-paid-via-sales-loads-236.htm Even if you actually are getting good financial advice, paying your investment advisor via a sales load charge is just one of several potential compensation infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/wp/how-investment-sales-loads-and-one-time-investment-fees-work-88.htm Understanding one-time investment fees, such as sales loads Sales load charges and commissions on investment purchases differ from the financial service infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT