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Benefits of Self Directed Investing for the Individual Investor

Individual Investor Many individual investors are examining the benefits of self directed investing and deciding it makes sense for them. Allowing others to manage their portfolios hasn’t worked well for the individual investor. That means a critical look at the old model would be a wise exercise for every investor. Having others manage your portfolio [...]

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AAAMP Blog by Ken Faulkenberry

Ken Faulkenberry earned an MBA from the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business with an emphasis in investments. Ken has 25 years of investment experience and is dedicated to helping people with self-directed investment management through the Arbor Investment Planner. His asset allocation strategies have an outstanding performance record.

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Self Directed Investing For Retirement Carnival – Bear Market Rally is Over Edition

May 21, 2012

Bear Market Rally I have been talking to my subscribers, and in this blog, about how the rally from the March 2009 low should be treated as a bear market rally within a secular bear market that began in 2000. I believe the bear market rally is over and investors should make capital preservation their [...]

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Weekend Reading #17 – Finance & Investing Links

May 18, 2012

Weekend Reading The Facebook IPO turns out to be a dud, closing well below it’s opening price and just a few cents above the $38 original offering price. I have deliberately avoided the subject of Facebook. It’s not like there isn’t enough to read about it elsewhere. I do want to make the comment that we [...]

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Best Personal Finance Investing Blog Posts #10

May 16, 2012

Investing Blog Posts It’s been awhile since I have posted a Best of Personal Finance Investing Blog Posts; so I have an especially awesome list of investing articles from the blogosphere to share with you. Miranda Marquit at Planting Money Seeds questions if it is wise to pursue alternative investments. In a guest post for [...]

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Market Volatility and the Value Investor

May 13, 2012

Market Volatility Instead of being a victim of market volatility a value investor should use it to increase their investment returns. Technology has increased the ability to trade assets worldwide and disseminate information and knowledge instantly. Human emotions and investor reactions to the information received is what haven’t changed. The result is markets react stronger [...]

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Weekend Reading #16 – Finance & Investing Links

May 11, 2012

Finance & Investing Links This Week on the AAAMP Blog: Margin of Safety: Core Financial Concept is Price Matters Self Directed Investing For Retirement Carnival – Socialism is Winning Edition 33 Funny Quotes and Sayings about Money Interesting Posts Around the Blogosphere: Is The Recent Fall in Inflation Expectations A New Warning Sign? @ [...]

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33 Funny Quotes and Sayings about Money

May 9, 2012

Funny Money Quotes & Sayings Here are 33 Funny Quotes and Sayings about money. Every once in a while we have to have some fun with the subject of money! Observations A Father is someone who carries pictures in his wallet where his money used to be. Unknown Economists report that a [...]

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Self Directed Investing For Retirement Carnival – Socialism is Winning Edition

May 8, 2012

Socialism is Winning The Reagan revolution sparked years of growth, not only in the United States, but throughout the emerging markets as former communist and socialist countries embraced free market capitalism. But as Karl Marx correctly predicted, people learn they can vote themselves benefits and politicians learn they can buy votes with printed money. Under [...]

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Margin of Safety: Core Financial Concept is Price Matters

May 6, 2012

Margin of Safety The core financial concept of margin of safety is price matters. The margin of safety in investing is the difference between the market price and the intrinsic value of the asset. Concept of Margin of Safety The father of value investing , Benjamin Graham, popularized the financial concept of margin of safety. [...]

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Weekend Reading #15 – Finance & Investing Links

May 4, 2012

Weekend Reading This Week on the AAAMP Blog: What is the Big Deal About Intrinsic Value? Is a Strategic Asset Allocation a Failed Model? Capital Preservation: In a Bear Market, He Who Loses the Least, Wins Interesting Posts Around the Blogosphere: Heavy Internationals Get Crushed in April @Bespoke Investment Group Why cheap [...]

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