This article discusses the basics of any good long term investing strategy, and it deals with the principles that one must adhere to in order for this to work. It talks about patience, putting together a plan for risk, and quantifying the terms of your investment plan. One of the most challenging things that new investors have to cope with is the fact that you can’t really expect to get rich overnight.

What to do with your money is always a temptation. Is it better to pay off loans or to invest your extra cash is often the question whenever a person comes into extra income.

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The closed-end fund market begins 2010 on a somewhat muted note, without the customary New Year’s bounce. But attractive discounts still abound in the U.S.

An Indian man has pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to access online brokerage accounts to jack up stock prices and reap thousands of dollars in illegal profits. Jaisankar Marimuthu pleaded guilty Friday to several charges, including securities fraud and identity theft. Marimuthu faces up to seven years in prison when he is sentenced on April 26.