When you buy stock, you get part of a company. Here's how you find out whether it's worth investing in.
Taxes eat into your returns. They are such a big issue that it pays to learn tax planning and tax reduction strategies.
Find an investment professional with your best interests in mind, and learn how to use the basic trading mechanics.
Learn how to separate the noise from the news. You must use the media to keep up on your investments while weeding out the nonsense.
Honing your analytical skills can help you organize information about businesses so that you can make wise investment choices.
Some big companies have a competitive barrier called an "economic moat." This medieval thing can be valuable for modern investors also.
Here we look at the model that describes economic moats, and we explore some of the nuances of wide moats, narrow moats, and deep moats.
Though competitive positioning remains extremely important to a company's long-term fortunes, quality of management matters, too.
