The author has been investing his entire life. Before he was born, his parents took the four shares of AT&T stock they received for attending a life insurance pitch and put it in his name. So, for the moment he was born, the author was an investor.
When the author is not wasting time at the computer, he works in sales.
The author never thought he'd get a chance to use the strategies he's writing about here. But then the internet came along and allowed him access to low cost, high quality information as well as low cost and even free trading. This allows the small investor to play along with the big guys.
The author has earned a bachelor's degree in both ...More psychology and business. This allows him to better understand the stock market, as stock prices are determined by both market psychology and business fundamentals.
Besides investing, the author can also be found skiing, playing hockey, flying small planes, traveling, and enjoying the outdoors.
Buy and Hold Plus The goal of Buy and Hold Plus is to provide you with insight into investing beyond buying and holding stocks for the long term. We will take advantage of opportunities such as merger arbitrage, dividend investing, and other special situations to increase our returns.
The goal here isn’t active trading, but ...More
semi-passive investing. We want to increase returns over a buy and hold strategy by a few percentage points. That may not sound like much, but over time, just a percent or two per year adds up to a lot.
Consider this. The average annual return of the S&P 500 is around 10 percent. That means if you invest $10,000 now and hold it for 20 years, you’ll have $67,275. That’s a nice return, and it will help you retire comfortably.
But if you get 11 percent, you’re looking at $80,623. And if you get 12 percent, you’ll turn that $10,000 to $96,462.
That one percent turns into $13,348 and that two percent turns into $29,187. That’s a 20 percent and 43 percent difference just from a one or two percent increase in returns!
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When the author is not wasting time at the computer, he works in sales.
The author never thought he'd get a chance to use the strategies he's writing about here. But then the internet came along and allowed him access to low cost, high quality information as well as low cost and even free trading. This allows the small investor to play along with the big guys.
The author has earned a bachelor's degree in both ...More