Author name: Steve Burns

After a lifelong fascination with financial markets, Steve began investing in 1993 and trading his accounts in 1995. It was love at first trade. After more than 30 successful years in the markets, Steve now dedicates his time to helping traders improve their psychology and profitability. New Trader U offers an extensive blog resource with more than 4,000 original articles, online courses, and best-selling books covering various topics.

Warren Buffett: How Many Stocks Should You Own?

Warren Buffett: How Many Stocks Should You Own?

In his 1962 partnership letter, Warren Buffett gave his investing clients an overview of his value investing strategy he calls The Generals.[1] “We usually have fairly large portions (5% to 10% of our total assets) in each of five or six generals, with smaller positions in another ten or fifteen.” – Warren Buffett This example

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How To Calculate Your Monthly Mortgage Payment (Mortgage Calculator)

How To Calculate Your Monthly Mortgage Payment (Mortgage Calculator)

The calculation of your monthly mortgage payment has many inputs that effect the amount you will be paying. What affects a mortgage payment? How much your home costs. The time duration of your loan. Your down payment. Your interest rate. Home insurance. Property taxes. If you need private mortgage insurance. Home association fees. How much

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Charlie Munger-100 Years of Wisdom Summed up in 1,000 words

“This is How Democracies Die” Charlie Munger’s Warning

“Inflation is a very serious subject, you can argue it’s the way democracies die.” – Charlie Munger Charlie Munger goes on to explain the political dangers of hyper-inflation running too high in a country. “What brought in Hitler was the combination of the Weimer inflation, where they utterly destroyed the savings of the middle class

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How To Master Your Emotions (Emotional Intelligence)

How To Master Your Emotions (Emotional Intelligence)

Emotions are the natural instinctive state of mind created internally as a reaction to your circumstances, derived from your mood, or arise based on interactions in relationships with friends, family, or strangers. These are feelings and different from logic, thinking, or knowledge. Emotions are messengers to your nervous system on how to react to a

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Escaping the Rat Race: What School Failed to Teach You About Money

Escaping the Rat Race: What School Failed to Teach You About Money

School focuses on teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic primarily. How money works is rarely a topic for teaching or discussion. Too many students leave school with no understanding of personal finance, investing, or business and it shows. If a student is lucky they may get a home economics class to learn how to manage a

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