Kevin Mulligan

In order to know if you are on track with your investments, you need to know what is a good investment return.  This might seem to be an easy task but as you’ll see it’s a little more complicated. How to Determine What a Good Investment Return Really Is First, lets get clear on what […]

For the newly anointed, investing can be intimidating.  Part of the problem is that this is a world of confusing words like the stock market, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and IPOs.  And since there is so much at stake, the consequences of getting it wrong can be huge. A mistake now could result in a […]

The bigger brokerage firms are beginning to offer a set of Exchange-Traded Funds that you can buy and sell without paying a commission. Each firm has a different list of commission-free ETFs, but in most cases there are enough options to consider building your portfolio around them. Exclusively using commission-free ETFs could save you thousands […]

Let’s say you are interested in buying XYZ stock because you like what the company does and how they do it.  That’s fine.  But how do you know if the stock is a good investment or not? There are of course many ways to evaluate a stock and no one method is necessarily better than […]

Exchanged-traded funds are a great investment tool with low expense ratios that can be used to build a diversified portfolio quickly. ETFs can also be used to segment part of your portfolio into various niches that interest you.  And the story gets sweeter.  You can even buy ETFs without paying a commission as I wrote about […]

Floating through life without an investment plan is like taking a ship out to sea without any navigation or communication tools. You are bound to get tossed around by poor weather at some point.  As a result you can get lost at sea very easily.  And when that happens, the chances of running aground rise […]