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Date: October 4th, 2015 10:29 AM Author: Domesticated Mustard Tanning Salon Doctorate invest in the stock market? How much initial case is needed. What is the credited path to making money in investing? I opened an investment account already. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28896391) |
Date: October 4th, 2015 10:31 AM Author: Maroon temple toilet seat step 1: Read the intelligent investor and basic stock market concepts
step 2: avoid high fees/comissions
step 3: use index funds if you want zero thought/effort OR buy high quality individual stocks you understand. |
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Date: October 4th, 2015 10:32 AM Author: Domesticated Mustard Tanning Salon Doctorate Thank you. So Index Funds im assuming lists the stocks that are doing well at the moment? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28896402) |
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Date: October 4th, 2015 10:34 AM Author: Maroon temple toilet seat index funds just track an index - i.e they own a proportional amount of every stock in said index.
So lets say there is a "US Defense Sector" index fund - it would own shares, in a number weighted by the size of the company, of all the companies involved in the US defense industry.
So for a SPY index (The biggest index fund) it owns all the stocks in the S&P |
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Date: October 4th, 2015 10:49 AM Author: Twinkling cracking property ratface Advising a non-professional trader to "buy high quality individual stocks you understand" is flame, but giving that advice to somebody who is asking questions this basic is *egregious* flame. Vanguard index funds all the way. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28896461) |
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Date: October 6th, 2015 10:58 AM Author: federal irradiated market replcae intelligent investor with any bogleheads book imo.
intelligent investor is only useful for people with more advanced investing knowledge. |
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Date: October 4th, 2015 10:35 AM Author: Ebony Sandwich Travel Guidebook Just do vanguard index funds. It's damn near impossible to beat the market in the long term. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28896413) |
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Date: October 4th, 2015 10:41 AM Author: vibrant claret really tough guy VTI. Nothing else you need to read, no one else you need to hire or pay fees to. It's all fraud lies. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28896435) |
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Date: October 4th, 2015 10:49 AM Author: Twinkling cracking property ratface CR. If it's a tax advantaged account I might advise vanguard target retirement for the relevant year so the glide is handled for OP, but this is a great suggestion too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28896463) |
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Date: October 4th, 2015 2:22 PM Author: Harsh Ladyboy Old Irish Cottage can't wait for this persian scholar's investment subthread wastelands (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28897573) |
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Date: October 4th, 2015 2:27 PM Author: Self-centered laser beams vanguard index funds.
the simplest solution is probably a vanguard target retirement fund, which has a mix of us and international stocks and bonds that automatically adjusts as you age. |
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Date: October 4th, 2015 6:58 PM Author: Domesticated Mustard Tanning Salon Doctorate how do i get invested in index funds? how do i start (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28899217) |
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Date: October 4th, 2015 7:03 PM Author: snowy station Penny stocks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28899241) |
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Date: October 6th, 2015 10:35 AM Author: Domesticated Mustard Tanning Salon Doctorate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28909999) |
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Date: October 4th, 2015 7:08 PM Author: Duck-like misunderstood bbw dopamine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28899265) |
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Date: October 5th, 2015 8:15 AM Author: Domesticated Mustard Tanning Salon Doctorate elaborate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28902348) |
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Date: October 5th, 2015 10:20 AM Author: Amethyst sadistic sneaky criminal dilemma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28902735) |
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Date: October 6th, 2015 10:37 AM Author: metal shimmering preventive strike read 'the intelligent investor.' or listen to the audiobook version on youtube. either way, you will probably lose money or at best fail to beat an index fund return. but if the dopamine rush you'll get from the excitement of it all is worth it to you, then by all means, have at it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28910007) |
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Date: October 6th, 2015 10:57 AM Author: Domesticated Mustard Tanning Salon Doctorate Why will I probably lose money?
and how steady are returns from index funds? |
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Date: October 6th, 2015 10:58 AM Author: pale meetinghouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28910153) |
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Date: October 6th, 2015 10:58 AM Author: federal irradiated market buy and read any bogleheads books cover to cover 5 times
then invest |
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Date: October 6th, 2015 11:07 AM Author: Domesticated Mustard Tanning Salon Doctorate how much have u lost in investing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3008351&forum_id=2#28910232) |