I have made a lot of money buying stocks on margin. But I have also lost money. Investing on margin can bring rapid gains to your portfolio, but if you are not careful, it can also blow up your portfolio. We don’t want to blow up our portfolios. Let’s review how we can avoid this. […]
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Transforming Your Portfolio into a Cash-Generating Machine We know that compound interest is the 8th wonder of the modern world, and with consistent compounding, our portfolios can grow significantly given enough time. However, investing today places a great deal of focus on buying stocks that appreciate in value, and not much on buying investments that
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A high Piotroski F-Score of 9 means the company has financials like Fort Knox, and it is getting stronger. Historically, these stocks when paired with low Price/Book ratio have performed 7.5% better than the market annually, on average. This is pretty much a cheat code to a high performing portfolio. So what does the score
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The Power of Economic Moats in Value Investing The first rule of investing is “do not lose money”. This speaks to the need for investors to make sure that the compounding of their investments proceeds in one direction only – up. While this is hard to ensure given the daily market noise, over a period
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Dividend growth investing has been a reliable wealth creator for a large number of investors over the years. There is something magical about compound interest, and when it kicks in, the portfolio growth seems to take on a life of its own. Generally when we discuss dividend growth stocks, we expect them to be slow
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Introduction: The New Frontier in Value Investing Value investing has always been a tedious work. Countless hours spent in reading annual reports, scouring SEC filings and tracking earnings calls before you can even sit down to condense your insights and formulate a plausible thesis for or against an investment. Using AI for investing research and
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Introduction: The Power and Peril of Leverage Many investors live and die by margin. I generally advise investors to avoid margin in most cases since there is sufficient market risk and black swan event risk to wipe out your portfolio, if things do not go your way. When things are working, of course, leverage can
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Small cap growth stocks are considered shooting stars. Some will pay out big, but most will lose you money. The reason of course is that many of these stocks are obscenely overvalued. But what if we screen for growth stocks that are also reasonably priced? This is the screen that Peter Lynch would have loved.
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Most investors believe that once they pick good stocks, their main job is done. This is not true. First, you need to decide how much of your portfolio to allocate to each stock. You may choose to keep it simple and just equal weight everything. Or you may want to use more sophisticated strategies to
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You know that small cap value delivers exceptionally strong returns over long term. You also know that these stocks may need time to break out of their undervaluation and start delivering. You do not know how long this wait could be. Enter the small cap value stocks with dividends. Every quarter, the stock pays you
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