Do you want to be a great investor and have your portfolio consistently beat the market? Most people think it is as simple as picking more stocks that go up than go down. Well, it’s not quite that simple. The real answer to becoming a great investor is to build a portfolio of stocks that Read More…
Do you have 5 minutes? Great! Because if you want to become a successful investor… …you need to read this article. Why? Because we are here to tell you how you can beat the market. And who doesn’t want to beat the market? But I am not talking about beating the market by 5 or Read More…
Today, we are here to discuss The 9 Best Stock and Investment Newsletters. If you invest in the stock market… …you need to read this article. The fact is that you can’t do everything yourself. The easiest way to invest is through index funds, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. However, if you really want to Read More…
*** Updated with Stock Prices and Returns as of March 5, 2021 ***) Today, we are here to bring you our Motley Fool Rule Breakers Review. But first, I want to ask you a question… Have you heard of “buy-and-hold” investing? I am going to assume that most of you are well-aware. But for those Read More…
*** MOTLEY FOOL STOCK ADVISOR RESULTS UPDATED AS OF JANUARY 21, 2023 *** Investing in the stock market is an essential part of growing your wealth and preparing for retirement. While building a stock portfolio should absolutely be part of everyone’s long-term financial planning strategy, most people struggle with it or ignore it all together. Read More…
People get their bank accounts frozen for a variety of reasons. The most common misconception is that bank accounts are frozen only when a debt collector is legally empowered to levy a person’s finances or when that person has reached their credit limit. Yet the most likely scenario is that your account was frozen for Read More…
In this ABCmouse review, I’ll try to answer all your questions about the product. I’ll also show you some screenshots and give you my honest opinion, but if I forget something, please let me know. I’ve searched the entire internet to find the best tools to use with my daughter. She is only 2 years Read More…
Although the paycheck is the only thing people think about before accepting a job, there is more than this involved in the equation. Of course, salary matters, but other parts of the compensation package or even training opportunities matter enormously. Besides, you want to make sure that the employer is a reliable one. You want Read More…
***Motley Fool Stock Advisor Performance Updated as of August 13, 2021*** Does the Motley Fool’s Stock Advisor newsletter provide good stock recommendations and is it worth the price? At HowTheMarketWorks, one of the services we provide our users is that we subscribe to dozens of stock advisory services and we buy all of the recommended Read More…
Graphing is one of the most important features of spreadsheets. When you need to present your findings, whether as a written report or a presentation, summarizing your data in graphs is the best way to quickly communicate large amounts of data. This guide will walk through taking your raw portfolio data, making some simple calculations, Read More…
The most important reason you would want to use excel to track your stock portfolio is trying to calculate your profit and loss from each trade. To do this, open the spreadsheet with your transaction history. It should look something like this: Tip: If you have not bought and then sold a stock, you can’t calculate how Read More…
If you’ve been trading for a long period of time you might have been curious to know what your daily returns were. Excel and Google Sheets can help you efficiently calculate this in a simple way. Suppose we started trading on August 29th, 2017. It is now September 7th and we would like to know Read More…
The first step in using any spreadsheet is getting some data! This tutorial will show you different ways to import some of your portfolio data into a spreadsheet and how to format it to make it easier to read. Getting Data The first step to using any spreadsheet is getting some data – once Read More…
One of the benefits of using HowTheMarketWorks is that we do a lot of your homework for you so we can help you make more money! You can also learn how to invest in the stock market by following the same strategy we use with HTMW’s paper trading. We subscribe to a few dozen stock Read More…
The development of the Forex market has now reached a truly global scale. Thousands of people around the world are making deals, trying to increase their capital. With the growth in demand and the growing number of customers, trading strategies have emerged that help to more productively trade. To date trading in the forex market, Read More…
There are so many different ways for a person to build wealth over time. Finding the right investments is a key part of achieving your financial goals. In order to find the right investments, you will have to spend a lot of time researching your options. If you are looking for an investment that can Read More…
Nobody ever said that being an entrepreneur would be an easy task – it is probably tougher to be an entrepreneur (at the start) than to work a 9-to-5 job. One of the things that make it hard to be an entrepreneur is the money matters that arise over the course of starting and running Read More…
Gold is currently trading at $1,215.85 per ounce, up 0.96% or $11.55. The precious metal has gained 6.40% over the past 30-day period, up $72.40. For the year to date, gold is up 4.7%, and it has an average return of 10.7% since 2002. Its best year on record in that time is 2007 when Read More…
People buy foreign currency for many reasons. You may wish to purchase Forex as a hedge against depreciation, or because you are traveling abroad. Many people buy foreign currency to send to someone else who is living abroad. Whatever your reasons for buying or selling Forex, you will always want to pay the lowest possible Read More…
Knowing your net worth is the first step towards growing it! This tool will help you organize your assets in one place, and even help project how they will grow in the future. If you have used our Home Budget Calculator to help see where you can improve your savings, the next step is measuring Read More…
