I’ve been chronicling my experiences using premium services offered by The Motley Fool, and approaching these services through the lens of someone who isn’t experienced with investing provides some valuable insight into what you need to know to get started. In my first post about this, I advised newcomers to set up their Motley Fool account and find an online trading platform or online trading simulator to begin. Once you have set those up and … [Read more...]
My Experiences Using The Motley Fool Stock Advisor
Here’s my personal story about using the Motley Fool Stock Advisor, which I find to be a useful tool to get started in the world of investing. If you have never invested before, it’s possible to get some good experience doing so using this advisor. Investing Without Risk? The MOST IMPORTANT thing to know about using the stock advisor is that it’s possible to side-step one of the biggest worries new investors have — getting experience in the … [Read more...]
Saving Versus Investing
When I first started investigating my investment options, I wasn’t really sure what I was doing and didn’t even know the difference between saving money and investing it. That may sound like a fairly obvious concept, but what is the difference between saving and investing? They both involve setting up accounts, putting money aside that can’t be used for other purposes, and usually with a specific desired outcome. Saving Versus Investing It’s … [Read more...]
How to Buy Oil and Gas Royalties
Are you interested in learning how to buy mineral rights, or oil and gas royalties? Many of these transactions are conducted privately, but there are ways to buy. Do you know what they are? There’s more than one way to search for oil royalties, gas royalties, even mineral rights and related transactions. They include: Auctions, sealed bids, etc. Brokers Negotiations Tax sales Direct purchase from mineral owners Where … [Read more...]
Interesting Investment Types You Should Know
In the trading world, traders have many different options when it comes to investments. With the growth of online trading platforms, a growing number of traders have access to financial instruments like never before. It has allowed investors worldwide to trade in Gold, real estate, bonds, stocks etc. However, it should be known that all the different investment types, consist of asset types that have their own set of advantages and … [Read more...]