http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Steve+Selengut Aging Steve Selengut Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=297962&ca=Aging Your retirement income investment plan starts now, right now, no matter how old or well heeled you happen to be. Step One is to understand what a retirement plan is, and to identify the three large numbers you need to keep track of while you are developing your stash. With these three totals on your... Business Management Steve Selengut Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=85288&ca=Business+Management Many Investment Gurus, with a straight face and a gleam in their eye, will insist that successful investing is a function of expansive research, skillful market timing, and detailed technical analysis. Others emphasize fundamental information about companies, industries, and markets. But trends and... Finances Steve Selengut Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=69224&ca=Finances As investors, and we all are investors these days, it is important that we understand the idiosyncrasies of the Stock Market pricing data we use to help us in our decision making efforts. On Wall Street, investing can be a minefield for those who don't take the time to appreciate why securities pric... Finances Steve Selengut Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=63954&ca=Finances Most people never forget their first love. I'll never forget my first trading profit! But the $600 (1970 dollars) I pocketed on Royal Dutch Petroleum was not nearly as significant as the conceptual realization it signaled! I was amazed that someone would pay me that much more for my stock than the n... Finances Steve Selengut Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=58902&ca=Finances How much financial bloodshed is necessary before we realize that there is no safe and easy shortcut to investment success? When do we learn that most of our mistakes involve greed, fear, or unrealistic expectations about what we own? Eventually, successful investors begin to allocate assets in a goa... Finances Steve Selengut Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=55358&ca=Finances In addition to a well thought out Investment Plan, successful Equity investing requires a feel for what is going on in the real world that we all refer to as "The Market". To most investors, the DJIA provides all of the information they think they need, and they worship it mindlessly, thinking that... Finances Steve Selengut Sat, 20 May 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=50736&ca=Finances Investment mistakes happen for a multitude of reasons, including the fact that decisions are made under conditions of uncertainty that are irresponsibly downplayed by market gurus and institutional spokespersons. Losing money on an investment may not be the result of a mistake, and not all mistakes... Finances Steve Selengut Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=40520&ca=Finances The vast majority of Americans are investors, although many don't realize it. The vast majority of Americans are creative with their 1040 numbers, although most won't admit it. The majority of Americans would agree that investing, retirement planning, and estate preservation would be easier to manag... Finances Steve Selengut Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=37285&ca=Finances Fascinating, isn't it, this stock market of ours, with its unpredictability, promise, and unscripted daily drama! But individual investors are even more interesting. We've become the product of a media driven culture that must have reasons, predictability, blame, scapegoats, and even that four-lette... Finances Steve Selengut Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=32229&ca=Finances Wall Street Institutions pay billions of dollars annually to convince the investing public that their Economists, Investment Managers, and Analysts can predict future price movements in specific company shares and trends in the overall Stock Market. Such predictions (often presented as “Wethinkisms”...