Investing
Introduction
This page contains materials on investing. If you have any questions or special requests, please contact Earl at mathguy.us@gmail.com.
DRHS Future Benefits of Investing (FBI) Club - requires user ID and password.
10 Investing Tips from Peter Lynch
Peter Lynch is a legendary investor who ran Fidelity's Magellan Fund with much success. Take a look at his 10 tips for successful investing.
Investing with a Spouse or Partner (Bankrate.com)
Managing finances with a partner can be challenging, but working together to achieve financial goals is part of a successful relationship. Experts at Bankrate created a guide that provides couples with ways they can build their wealth together by creating an investment strategy. It includes:
- Communicating financial goals
- Saving for events like having children and retirement
- Pros and cons of opening a joint brokerage account.
Click here for the Bankrate guide.
Vanguard Investment Library - Investing Fundamentals and More
View a Vanguard webcast on Investing Fundamentals. This webcast will help you get started investing.
Access the entire Vanguard Webcast Library. Type a subject in the search bar to get webcasts related to specific topics in which you are interested.
Access a Vanguard document entitled "Investment fundamentals: An introduction to the Basic Concepts of Investing". Note that this document was developed for the United Kingdom, so the illustrations are in British Pounds, not Dollars; nonetheless, they are valid.
Other Resources
- AAII.com - American Association of Individual Investors. Contains lots of tools to research stocks, including quite a few stock screens. Definitely a go-to site to research stocks.
- Advice from Vanguard - Considered by many to be the premier (and the most consumer-oriented) investment company in the world.
- Morningstar - articles and detailed information on stocks, mutual funds and ETFs.
- Seeking Alpha - articles and information on stocks, emphasizing income.
- Nerdwallet - information and strategies for new investors.
- Nasdaq - articles and detailed information on stocks.
- Wall Street Survivor - starter guide for investors.
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Saving and Investing - A Roadmap To Your Financial Security Through Saving and Investing. Provided by the U.S. government.
Useful Apps
- Stock Quote - from Bishinews, provides quotes, news, charts,etc.
- Investing.com - contains generic market news
- Investor's Business Daily - contains generic market news