When it comes to business and investing, fear and emotion are handicaps. They cause you to make irrational decisions at the worst times, usually brought on by uncertainty and doubt. This natural human tendency explains how the DJIA can tumble from about 17,500 down to 15,500 and back up to 16,500 in one trading week. […]
5 Unconventional Investing Moves for Your 20s
A few weeks ago, we covered Money Moves to Make in Your 30s, but in covering the 30s, we missed a crucial period for many readers of Your Personal Finance Pro: everyone in their twenties! Many personal finance websites have already covered the standard things you “should” do in your twenties, like cut down on […]
The Gamification of Investing
Turning events into games is one of those endearing hobbies that a lot of us like to indulge in. Whether it’s Fantasy Football or Fantasy Football, The Bachelor Edition (yes, that’s a thing), we all like to turn things we can’t control into a game. It turns out even investing isn’t immune to being turned […]
Can You Really Handle a Bear Market?
Over the last couple of weeks, stock markets around the world have seen swooping downward trends thanks to jittery and uncertain emerging market activity. If we could look at this objectively, we would barely bat an eye. After all, the stock market spent most of 2013 on a steady and dramatic upward climb and we […]