As I write this article, the Federal Reserve has taken a firm stance indicating that they will not bail out investors and institutions who are now in trouble due to subprime lending issues. The Fed did however, state that they will take action if the subprime lending issue begins to affect the overall economic growth. [...]

Currently, I’m up 14% for the year, significantly beating the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Nasdaq indexes. The market is in turmoil over the currently subprime lending crisis. For the past two months, the market voilatility has been extremely high, 200 point ranges in the Dow Jones Industrial Average index are now nothing unusual. I’ve [...]

Investing in the stock market is a scary thing for new investors. It is even scarier for anyone who is doing it alone. I know, I started out with an online brokerage account with under a thousand dollars in the account. When you first start out, it is very important to not invest any significant amounts of money. Think of it as play money, or rather, money you could afford to lose. It should not be money you need to sustain your standard of living. There are some basic fundamentals that I’ve learned the hard way through my mistakes in the stock market. This article will teach you the fundamentals of successful investing so that you don’t make the same mistakes that I did!