Comments on: 3 Lessons I Learned from the Greek Riots and Market Panic http://www.darwinsfinance.com/greek-riots-market-panic/ Financial Evolution: Education, Adaptation, Achievement Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Aury (Thunderdrake)http://www.darwinsfinance.com/greek-riots-market-panic/#comment-5966 Aury (Thunderdrake) Tue, 25 May 2010 02:29:44 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2282#comment-5966 Those huge tags in the stock market that have happened have been a very massive move indeed. which is what makes me so glad to be a dividend investor today. Instead of tracking the value of the shares themselves, I'm in it for the dividends. Instead of monitoring the price of each share, I monitor the dividend yield, dividend growth, and especially the number of shares that tie to it. It's been said that there's more money to be made during a bear market than a bull. But corrections like these can really throw a lot of speculators and stoppers off their horses. Those huge tags in the stock market that have happened have been a very massive move indeed. which is what makes me so glad to be a dividend investor today. Instead of tracking the value of the shares themselves, I’m in it for the dividends. Instead of monitoring the price of each share, I monitor the dividend yield, dividend growth, and especially the number of shares that tie to it.

It’s been said that there’s more money to be made during a bear market than a bull. But corrections like these can really throw a lot of speculators and stoppers off their horses.

]]> By: jimhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/greek-riots-market-panic/#comment-5748 jim Wed, 12 May 2010 19:20:51 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2282#comment-5748 The USA is significantly better off than Greece. Greek debt level (as % of GDP) is about double that of USA. Greek has defaulted on their debt FIVE times in their past. Overall tax burdens are higher in Greece. Their debts interest rates are about 6-7% higher than what US pays. There is little realistic comparison between the situation in Greece and the USA. The USA is significantly better off than Greece. Greek debt level (as % of GDP) is about double that of USA. Greek has defaulted on their debt FIVE times in their past. Overall tax burdens are higher in Greece. Their debts interest rates are about 6-7% higher than what US pays. There is little realistic comparison between the situation in Greece and the USA.

]]> By: Hhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/greek-riots-market-panic/#comment-5742 H Wed, 12 May 2010 10:34:39 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2282#comment-5742 We are all Greek. Our great country is is debt. It's that simple. By not learning what to do with your money, you place it at risk. Husbands are great, I am one, but I share these decisions about risk with my wife. Read "The Four Pillars of Investing" by Dr. William Bernstein. We are all Greek. Our great country is is debt. It’s that simple.

By not learning what to do with your money, you place it at risk. Husbands are great, I am one, but I share these decisions about risk with my wife.

Read “The Four Pillars of Investing” by Dr. William Bernstein.

]]> By: Budgeting in the Fun Stuffhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/greek-riots-market-panic/#comment-5724 Budgeting in the Fun Stuff Tue, 11 May 2010 18:19:16 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=2282#comment-5724 The USA is different from Greece in the fact that we are perceived as much different than Greece. If the world ever loses faith in the economic power of the USA in a big way, we'll be up the creek. Hubby bought extra stock over the weekend (Conoco was lowish and hubby had been wanting some Intel anyway), so our portfolio looks pretty good right now. Stock trading scares me, which is why all our 401k and Roth IRA money is in target date mutual funds for the long haul. Our next Roth IRA and our current Scottrade portfolio will be/is ran by my husband since I'm a risk weenie. The USA is different from Greece in the fact that we are perceived as much different than Greece. If the world ever loses faith in the economic power of the USA in a big way, we’ll be up the creek.

Hubby bought extra stock over the weekend (Conoco was lowish and hubby had been wanting some Intel anyway), so our portfolio looks pretty good right now. Stock trading scares me, which is why all our 401k and Roth IRA money is in target date mutual funds for the long haul. Our next Roth IRA and our current Scottrade portfolio will be/is ran by my husband since I’m a risk weenie.

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