Buy and Hold Investing Strategy: Is It Dead?

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The buy and hold investing strategy for stocks may be dead. I’m not sure it makes sense anymore. We hear financial advisors strongly recommend, “a diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds and mutual funds” whenever the word, retirement is mentioned. But, did a diversified portfolio help in 2008 and 2009, when the market lost half its …

Stocks or Mutual Funds: How do You Decide?

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Stocks or Mutual funds for $1,000, please. There has been an age-old debate on which is better as an investment. Some say stocks because you are actually owning the company, some say mutual funds because there is the belief that there is diversification, therefore less risk. There are people that I know who swear by …