How to start a dividend portfolio with $5,000 « Intelligent Speculator Anytime we talk about stock picks or building a portfolio, one of the most asked questions on this blog is how to start building the portfolio itself. It’s easier said than done of course and lends easily to procrastination. Of course, this is what makes the biggest difference in the end. Making the right picks and trades is important but getting started, to actually build the portfolio is the real critical part. That being said, we decided to write a general guide. We used the example of starting with $5000 but this can be applied to any amount really. #1- Open a brokerage account The first step is perhaps the more “complicated” one as you must of course open a brokerage account. #2- Buy 2 reliable growth dividend stocks Because commission end up being paid, you do not want to buy too many different stocks all at once. Every month at least, we give out some dividend picks in our free newsletter so you could get some ideas there. This is really one of the main keys. Conclusion
Economics in Six Minute Fred Foldvary’s Editorial Economics in Six Minutes by Fred E. Foldvary, Senior Editor Economics is the science of utility, which includes people’s preferences and the satisfaction and importance they subjectively derive from goods. Desires are unlimited, but people get less extra value from more and more units of the same good. Demand is a list of prices and the quantities bought at those prices. Where supply intersects demand is where market prices and quantities are determined. Firms maximize profits at the quantity where the marginal (extra) revenue equals the marginal cost. The factors, categories of inputs and resources, are land, labor, and capital goods, yielding land rent, wages, and capital-goods rentals. Land varies in quality, and the production in the better land relative to that of the least productive marginal land yields a rent to the more productive land. Civic services such as parks, streets, and security increase the demand for land, raising the rent. – Fred Foldvary
Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, Contents Introduction Chapter 1. Of the Division of Stock Chapter 2. Of Money considered as a particular branch of the general Society, or of the Expense of maintaining the National Capital Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Introduction Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Part 1. PART 2. CHAPTER 4. CHAPTER 5. CHAPTER VI Of Treaties of Commerce CHAPTER VII Of Colonies PART 1 Of the Motives for establishing new Colonies PART 2 Causes of Prosperity of New Colonies PART 3 Of the Advantages which Europe has derived from the Discovery of America, and from that of a Passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope CHAPTER VIII Conclusion of the Mercantile System CHAPTER IX Of the Agricultural Systems, or of those Systems of Political Economy which represent the Produce of Land as either the sole or the principal Source of the Revenue and Wealth every Country
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Death and Taxes 2007 Edition: Available No This Week On Twitter: How Twitter Can Get You Hired, Social Media Marketing And Earthquake Tweets Need a little weekend reading? We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes a look at the importance on Twitter in the job market, the latest social media marketing statistics, how Twitter beat traditional media to break news on the East Coast earthquake, record visits for Twitter in July and an example of Twitter marketing at its best. Here are our top 10 Twitter stories of the week: 1. 45% Of Companies Use Twitter To Find Talent [INFOGRAPHIC] If you’re out there looking for a job, one of the best ways to do this is through social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. 2. If you’re a social media marketer, you’ve got to love numbers. 3. So maybe us East-coasters are a little pampered when it comes to natural phenomenon (thunderstorms freak many of us out), but the vast majority of us felt that 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Virginia and fanned out along the coast this afternoon. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. It’s very easy to get obsessed with numbers on Twitter.
The Economics of Gold-Digging The following story is currently making the rounds on the Internet. The events probably didn’t happen exactly as described, but for my purposes it doesn’t really matter. Supposedly, a woman posted the following personal ad on Craigslist: What am I doing wrong?Okay, I’m tired of beating around the bush. The response she got was as follows: Dear Pers-431649184:I read your posting with great interest and have thought meaningfully about your dilemma. I have to say that the respondent has some pretty sensible economics in his answer. I wouldn’t expect male economists to marry very well. Also, completely contrary to what an economic model might predict, I can’t think of any economist who left his wife in middle age for a younger “trophy” wife. So maybe economists aren’t such heartless, conniving people after all. (Hat tip: Meng Li.)
Parable of the broken window - Wikipedia, The parable of the broken window was introduced by Frédéric Bastiat in his 1850 essay Ce qu'on voit et ce qu'on ne voit pas (That Which Is Seen and That Which Is Unseen) to illustrate why destruction, and the money spent to recover from destruction, is not actually a net benefit to society. The parable, also known as the broken window fallacy or glazier's fallacy, seeks to show how opportunity costs, as well as the law of unintended consequences, affect economic activity in ways that are "unseen" or ignored. The parable[edit] Bastiat's original parable of the broken window from Ce qu'on voit et ce qu'on ne voit pas (1850): Have you ever witnessed the anger of the good shopkeeper, James Goodfellow, when his careless son has happened to break a pane of glass? Differing interpretations[edit] Bastiat's argument[edit] Austrian School theorists, and Bastiat himself, apply the parable of the broken window in a different way. The opportunity cost of war[edit] According to Hazlitt: Criticisms[edit]
Analyzing Financial Statements This topic could be and is a full semester course at some business schools. It is a deep and rich topic that I can’t cover in one single blog post. But it is also a relatively narrow skill set at its most developed levels. If you are going to be a public equity analyst, you need to understand this stuff cold and this post will not get you there. But if you are an entrepreneur being handed financial statements from your bookkeeper or accountant or controller, then you need to be able to understand them and I’d like this post to help you do that. In the past three weeks, we talked about the three main financial statements, the Income Statement, the Balance Sheet, and the Cash Flow Statement. In general, I like to start with cash. Then look at how much cash the business had in a prior period. But that number can be misleading, particularly if you did any debt or equity financings during that period (or if you paid off any debt facilities during that period).