Personal Investing Advice

Faster Sale More Profit Stage It.

Staging is the process of getting a house ready to sell.

It is an important step; it is almost as important as pricing. Many For Sale by Owners make a mistake; they just put a sign in the yard and hope for a buyer. When you sell by owner, it takes careful preparation and planning.
In this article I’ll show you how to stage the house for the market so you sell faster and make more money.

The overall condition and appearance of (more…)

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However, sharp market declines should usually not cause one to sell long held mutual funds or carefully chosen equities. I must admit at times my confidence has been shaken. For example, prior to the decline beginning on February 27, 2007, I had begun a program of diversifying some of my assets out of stocks (I had been almost 100% invested in equities for some time). When the market broke, I quickly concluded this program of diversifying so that I sold near the price I had int (more…)

In it’s most basic form, an option is a contract between a buyer and seller for a specific item at a specific price by a specific date. A more formal definition can be found at Investopedia’s website:

A financial derivative which represents a contract sold by one party (option writer) to another party (option holder). The contract offers the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) a security or other financial asset at an agreed-upon p (more…)