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How to Deal With a Stock Market Drop
When there’s a stock market drop, what do Rule #1 investors do? Stock market trends create fluctuations. The market goes from an emotional status of exuberance and excitement with an overheated…
When it comes to investing you have a lot of choices. You may have asked yourself, “Are mutual funds a good investment?” Maybe you’re looking for some mutual fund investment advice from someone who isn’t a fund manager.
Always remember your mutual fund manager wants to keep your money, so does your broker, and any other financial services professional who happen to have their hands in your pockets.
Phil Town is an investment advisor, hedge fund manager, 3x NY Times Best-Selling Author, ex-Grand Canyon river guide, and former Lieutenant in the US Army Special Forces. He and his wife, Melissa, share a passion for horses, polo, and eventing. Phil’s goal is to help you learn how to invest and achieve financial independence.
Your financial advisor is going to give you choices in your 401k or in your IRA between index funds and mutual funds. What are the best choices to make when it comes to your retirement? What is the difference between index funds and mutual funds?
Phil Town is an investment advisor, hedge fund manager, 3x NY Times Best-Selling Author, ex-Grand Canyon river guide, and former Lieutenant in the US Army Special Forces. He and his wife, Melissa, share a passion for horses, polo, and eventing. Phil’s goal is to help you learn how to invest and achieve financial independence.
InvestED: Ep. 35- Efficient Market Theory and Bonds
Investing is arguably one of the most important elements of our financial future, yet most people choose not to invest due to a fear of failure. In this week’s episode, we discuss the emotional aspect of investing, how to grow when others are fearful, and the various types of bonds.
On the InvestED podcast, Phil and his daughter Danielle shine a light on the successful investing strategies that gurus like Warren Buffett have used for 80 years. Listen in for a great stock market education on basics, learn how to invest on your own, and follow along with real-time examples and investing tips from week to week.
Let’s talk about the basics of stock dividends, what they mean, and how we look at dividends as Rule #1 investors.
Phil Town is an investment advisor, hedge fund manager, 3x NY Times Best-Selling Author, ex-Grand Canyon river guide, and former Lieutenant in the US Army Special Forces. He and his wife, Melissa, share a passion for horses, polo, and eventing. Phil’s goal is to help you learn how to invest and achieve financial independence.
What’s the Difference Between a Bull & Bear Market?
I sometimes get asked by investors what is a bull market and what is a bear market and how does it relate to Rule #1 Investing?
Well, let me put it in our terms…
Phil Town is an investment advisor, hedge fund manager, 3x NY Times Best-Selling Author, ex-Grand Canyon river guide, and former Lieutenant in the US Army Special Forces. He and his wife, Melissa, share a passion for horses, polo, and eventing. Phil’s goal is to help you learn how to invest and achieve financial independence.
How do Events Cause Stock Market Prices to Change?
This is one of the most important things I could ever teach you about stock market prices…
How are stock prices determined? What causes stocks to go on sale?
Phil Town is an investment advisor, hedge fund manager, 3x NY Times Best-Selling Author, ex-Grand Canyon river guide, and former Lieutenant in the US Army Special Forces. He and his wife, Melissa, share a passion for horses, polo, and eventing. Phil’s goal is to help you learn how to invest and achieve financial independence.
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Rulers, I've been less attentive to the Blog lately. I'm sorry. I'm just plain buried by creating Keynote presentations for the workshop we just did in Atlanta and…
The stock market is well on its way to potentially repeating the market from 1965 to 1983 – 18 years of an indexed 0% market return. We have…
You know that Phil Town would want you all to invest in businesses you understand. I’m a river guide. What I understand well is pretty much limited to burgers and Harleys, but I do like to venture into things that have a lot of potential from time to time. And I get tips from friends. It’s the tips from friends thing that gets me sometimes. You know, friends who are insiders someplace or at least they know people. My kid knows her friend whose mom used to work there. That sort of thing. Stuff you can really trust. Right. But still.
Phil Town is an investment advisor, hedge fund manager, 3x NY Times Best-Selling Author, ex-Grand Canyon river guide, and former Lieutenant in the US Army Special Forces. He and his wife, Melissa, share a passion for horses, polo, and eventing. Phil’s goal is to help you learn how to invest and achieve financial independence.