@Libertarian666
Of course I don't need an adviser. I just had to ask it, OK?

@moda0306
Thanks, very interesting. I kinda share your experience.

Once I came across a nice article titled "How to Read a Prospectus'. Googling for the term brings out several variants with the same title.

Which one is solid advice of these articles? Really: How to Read a Prospectus?

I don't remember the Sharpe ratio being on there, but this might help: http://mebfaber.com/2013/07/31/asset-allocation-strategies-2/ I very much like this graph. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. What can be concluded of it? Comparing CARG, Sharpe and Standard Deviation, is my assumption corr...

I guess I asked the same question before but it remains unanswered so here I go again: https://web.archive.org/web/20160324133409/http://www.crawlingroad.com/blog/2008/12/22/permanent-portfolio-historical-returns/ The question: if I recall correctly, some risk measures were featured in this post, li...

My Internet searches brought this topic to my attention: 1. Gary Schatsky http://www.objectiveadvice.com/garyschatsky.html "Advice from Experts Who Only Sell Advice" He is Chair Emeritus of NAPFA (National Association of Personal Financial Advisors)- which represents fee-only financial adv...

Referring to the chart: If your savings rate is 20%, then if your investment return is 15%/year it will take you 20 years to amass enough money to retire.  At 6% return, it will take almost 40 years.  Retirement is calculated as portfolio total x investment return rate >= spending rate pre-retireme...

Unless you bought AAPL in an IPO (i.e. on a primary market), Apple doesn't see a dime of what you paid for their stock.  When most people buy stock, they are buying in the secondary market.  In the secondary market, I buy from you in hopes that the price will go up: I hope to reap some reward when ...

I received this older article from quite a few sources just nowadays: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-simple-math-behind-early-retirement/ (He is kind of too frugal for my taste; in other words: why not focus instead on offering some value to society in the form of a succes...

I received this older article from quite a few sources just nowadays: http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2012/01/13/the-shockingly-simple-math-behind-early-retirement/ (He is kind of too frugal for my taste; in other words: why not focus instead on offering some value to society in the form of a success...

OK. I understand why it is good for a 'real' company to buy a stock in them, such as Apple: they do research and development from my money, expand and sell more stuff. Easy. But how about a holding company? What is their benefit of me buying their stock? Let's assume here they only own stocks of oth...

To further clarify my question: if I buy BRK-A or BRK-B which is a stock made up of other stocks, how does Mr. Buffett & co profits from me buying given portfolio packaged as BRK instead of me going out picking the stocks together one by one just like they do?

Portfolio managers or investment advisers(?): The 2 main business models are: - One who receives a fixed fee, regardless if he advised you on a winning or losing investment - One who receives a performance fee, usually only when the investment is in the black How about a 3rd business model like Ber...

Let's play that you do not reveal the LTT acronym to me. How do I find what it means from Google? My searches so far resulted with no luck, including search on this very forum

Many thanks.

Sorry for bump.

Brokerages just say their fees are $5, $10 or just 1$ (for Interactive Brokers). However it is nowhere stated on any brokerage's site if said fee is one way, round trip (or you can never be sure) and when it is applied (buy or sell)? Ir is something I should know without a proper explanation? Strange.

This old classic  book might only give you a starting point. Then you can find with a quick search on Google that many of today's successful traders can trace their methods back to Darvas.

Then your journey really starts.

http://personalmba.com/permanent-portfolio/ Quote from the page: Here’s the asset allocation: 25% Total Stock Market Index – via the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (Ticker: VTI) 25% Long-Term Government Bonds – via the iShares Barclays 20+ Year US Treasury Bond ETF (Ticker: TLT) 25% Gold – via Cen...

How I Made $2, 000, 000 in the Stock Market by Nicolas Darvas Amazon.com description: http://www.amazon.com/How-Made-000-Stock-Market/dp/1614271690 Hungarian by birth, Nicolas Darvas trained as an economist at the University of Budapest. Reluctant to remain in Hungary until either the Nazis or the ...

Happy New Year!
Free Report: http://www.caseyresearch.com/special-re ... r-property

Did not read it yet; sent it to you first.

My question: How it all affects non US persons holding US equities by non US brokers?

This one is just hot off the press - http://www.forbes.com/sites/timothyspangler/2013/12/21/getting-started-in-the-glamorous-world-of-hedge-funds/ Open source hedge fund strategy - http://www.followingthetrend.com/ Good summary - https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-main-differences-between-a-hedge-fu...

Blog - http://www.investorsinsight.com/blogs/D ... GroupID=32
some interesting insights!

Books - http://www.amazon.com/John-Mauldin/e/B001IR1MZQ

Great find.

On this other notable forum (FlyerTalk) it is customary to do so called 'Congas' where each newcomer to the party signs up at the referral link of the last person in line.

Thank you for considering: https://www.robinhood.io/?ref=HWSj28

Thank you button.