Dollar cost averaging is an investment process where you invest a set amount of money into a market at regular intervals. The strategy is to put a fixed amount of dollars in a specific inves... Read more
Private equity is specifically a kind of stock ownership in a company that is not publicly traded on a stock exchange. In recent times though it has been what people call private funds that... Read more
Warren Buffett thought the management fees that hedge funds charged investors was ridiculous based on their historical returns in comparison to the markets. So Mr. Buffett set up a challenge... Read more
Stocks are an asset class of investments where you buy a share of ownership in a publicly traded company. Stocks are equity in a company. Shares trade on stock exchanges through market maker... Read more
In 2001 during a Fortune Magazine interview Warren Buffett said that the stock market capitalization to GDP ratio as a long-term valuation indicator is probably the best single measure of wh... Read more
The company that Warren Buffett built along with his business partner Charlie Munger is Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Berkshire is a multinational conglomerate holding company that has been run ou... Read more
A debt-to-equity ratio (Or D/E) is the ratio in finance that shows the relation of the size of a company’s outstanding debt in relation to a company’s market cap versus what the... Read more
The Sortino ratio is a way to measure the risk adjusted return of an asset, investment portfolio, or trading strategy. The Sortino ratio is an adjustment to the Sharpe Ratio that filters vol... Read more
Simple interest is only calculated on the original amount of capital inside a set time period. It does not include the compounding effect of returns on new money accrued. Simple interest can... Read more
The rule of 72 is a process for quickly projecting how long it will take for a rate of investment return to make capital double. The number 72 is used in figuring out the answer by dividing... Read more
