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Investing 101: 4 Tricks for Building Your Portfolio

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If you are starting to make an income, no matter how young you are, it is never too early to get started with investing. In fact, it is a good idea for parents to start kids off investing so that they have the concepts down well before they even get into the workforce. But, if your parents were not that forward thinking, here are four tricks that will help you get your investment portfolio under way.

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How Bond Investing Works

Looking To Invest? Bonds To Consider

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When you decide to invest money, it’s important to commit to doing the appropriate research that will protect your financial investment. When you think of saving you generally think of a bank. And when you think of investing generally you think of either stocks or bonds. Stocks are a form of ownership while bonds are a form of debt. So if you buy a stock you participate in the good fortune of a company but you also can participate in its losses. Bonds on the other hand are you loaning money to a company. You don’t participate in any appreciation you are simply paid interest for using your money. You also don’t have the risk of the company value decreasing. Even if a company goes bankrupt bondholders are ahead of stockholders in getting their money back. For this reason bonds normally have a lower yield than stocks, but also a lower risk.  There are several different types of bonds and bond funds. Typically the difference is based on the type of issuer but differences also come from how the bond is structured.

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Six Investment Types Your Family Should be Making

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Building a balanced investment portfolio may sound like a daunting task. But with the abundance of helps, resources, and learning tools available today, this essential task does not have to be stressful. In fact, learning about investing can be fun, especially as you make your first investments, watch your savings grow and your worries shrink! Here are the six basic investment types you and your family should add to your investment repertoire.

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Be a Good Boy Scout with Your Finances

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A single bad market event can have catastrophic effects on your retirement funds so it is important to have safeguards in place to help reduce the possibility of waking up one morning and finding your nest eggs broken. The brokerage community insists that if you are just patient enough your portfolio will rebound but, what if it doesn’t? In today’s article Dennis Miller takes a look at some steps you can take to help protect your Life’s savings.

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Achieving financial security

Achieving Financial Security in the UK: Are You Making The Most Of Your Money?

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Money doesn’t quite make the world go round, but most people would agree that financial security sure makes it easier to have a relaxed and happy lifestyle. Unfortunately, achieving financial security is more dream than reality for a lot of people. There are mortgages to be paid off; university funds to be saved for; and the

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