7 investing themes for tough times

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- 7 investing themes for tough times
- 8 Common Investing Mistakes
- Investing Social Network Reaches 100000 Members
- Majority of Gen Y is ‘Gen DIY’ When it Comes to Investing
- The Power Of Regular Investing
- Beware of These Strong Buys
- LETTER: Investing rightly results in good property values

7 investing themes for tough times
CNNMoney.com 
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8 Common Investing Mistakes
Motley Fool 
Kids have the most to gain from many decades of stock appreciation. But even retirees can benefit from leaving whatever money they won’t need for five or 10 years in stocks. Folks of all ages can benefit mightily from a free trial to.
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Investing Social Network Reaches 100000 Members
MarketWatch 
com, the online community that allows young people to practice
investing, announced today that it has registered its one hundred
thousandth member. “The UpDown community has experienced tremendous growth during these
tough economic times,” said Michael Reich, CEO
and co-founder of UpDown. “It’s
clear that UpDown.

Majority of Gen Y is ‘Gen DIY’ When it Comes to Investing
MarketWatch 
LOUIS, Nov 10, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
A new generation of investors is taking a do-it-yourself approach to
securing its financial future. A recent study shows that Generation Y,
while perhaps the least experienced, is the most confident and is most
likely to self-educate and make investing
decisions on their own compared to other generations. The 2008 American Investor Study, commissioned by online investment firm Scottrade
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The Power Of Regular Investing
Motley Fool UK, UK 
With the global economy having grown steadily since the early 1990s, it?s reckoned that banks had largely forgotten how risky lending was. The same applies to investors. After big gains in the 1980s and 1990s, many forgot the risks inherent in investing and assumed that shares would always beat cash. The last decade has debunked that myth of course. Indeed we?ve now got to the point that many people are claiming it?s not worth investing at all, as the FTSE 100 is at much the same level as it was in early 1997. Such analysis ignores two important points that are frequently overlooked. The first is that an index such as the FTSE 100 only measures price gains.

Beware of These Strong Buys
Motley Fool 
6 billion to nearly $5. Triple back-up-the-truck, booyah, right?

Not so fastA centerpiece of the recent Roth Capital investment conference in California was an “Investing in Green Tech” expert panel. Its goal was to reveal how to make obscene profits by investing in green tech stocks. But it did the exact opposite. As the panel went on, it became clear that even these experts — people who now devote their careers to advancing green technologies — weren’t quite sure what the perfect green tech policy, incentive, initiative, or technology looked like. But who could blame them?

Wrap your head around this.

LETTER: Investing rightly results in good property values
Swampscott Reporter, MA 
Instead, we are talking about fulfilling a 20-year $50 million master capital plan, while the current generation of kids cram into classrooms with 27-plus other kids (ages K-4, mind you). This is a terrible shame.

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