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401(k) Smartest Book -- Smart Read for the Wealth Builder? The new book on 401(k) investing, cleverly titled the "smartest 401(k) book you will ever read" seeks to provide the large majority of retail investors, who are invested through their company 401k plans, the best way to utilize this tax advantaged investment vehicle to prepare for their eventual retirement. There are many resources on 401(k) available, including some excellent articles on this site . . . read more >> Dimensional Fund Advisors -- DFA -- Worth the Fees? Dimensional Fund Advisors are a group of advisors who, for a fee, will help the individual investor get access to select mutual funds offered by Dimensional. These mutual funds have been designed using plenty of academic research applied to the stock market, and so far the results have been quite impressive. The funds try to not be constrained by simply classifying themselves as value or growth, and also try to avoid emotional retail investor . . . read more >> Required Business Performance Index -- Better Stock Performance? A new stock tracking index is making the rounds, the Required Business Performance Index as part of the Dow Jones RBP Index Series supplied by Transparent Value LLC. It is based on the simple notion of estimating the bar that a company has to cross in order to meet its earnings estimates. While the idea of such estimation is a good one, coming up with a methodology that can rigorously test this and predict this is not. The required business performance index . . . read more >> Perils and Profits with CANSLIM stock picking methodology CANSLIM is the stock picking methodology advocated by William O'Neill through his books and his newspaper, Investors Business Daily. The method advocates combining company fundamentals with technical analysis through charts to watch stock price movements on high volume and follow-through buying. It is a method based on William O'Neil's own experience . . . read more >> Best Mutual Funds for Investing in Russia BRIC economies have been attracting investors and mutual funds alike from world over, and returning impressive gains to conservative investors. Russia is one such country with a broad, diversified economy and many profitable investment stories. Foreign investment is rising in a variety of areas including into companies that operate profitably . . . read more >> Investing in India IT Sector Bull Market Investing in India IT Sector's bull market has already turned many individuals into millionaires and propelled many mutual fund managers into star status. This has been especially true for those who place their bets in the late 90s during the "Y2K scare" era and held on through the great outsourcing wave in the early part of this decade in the twenty-first century. Companies such as Infosys, Wipro, Satyam Computers . . . read more >> More Articles

Building Wealth from Scratch -- A Wealth Creation Report If you have your health and your wits about you, and the freedom to pursue your dreams, building wealth from scratch can be one of the most satisfying endeavors you can undertake. Warren Buffett is said to have picked up a penny in an elevator and said, "This is the start of the next million" -- or was that a billion? The pleasure in making money comes from its value generating facet. If you are able to generate sufficient value for someone else, they will be willing to exchange it with you for something that you in turn value -- say, cash . . . read more >> Infopreneur -- Risks, Rewards, Pitfalls and Road to Wealth Infopreneur, Infopreneuring, Infopreneurship -- irrespective of the name used to call this profession, has offered an opportunity for even the tamest spirit to become an entrepreneur using the reach of the World Wide Web, also known as the Internet. Much has been written about this subject and about the phenomenon of providing useful information to an interested audience easily . . . read more >> Leverage your Assets for Income, Profits & Fulfillment of Potential The world of finance is full of opportunities to leverage your physical assets such as your house, your cash & your income in order to maximize investment opportunities and gain the most return with the least input. Developing passive income, gaining giant sized returns on investment and so on is only possible when you leverage what you already possess, with the remaining investment . . . read more >> Top Ten Career Development Mistakes Career development is a key consideration for those looking for a satisfied and happy life. While some individuals are more suited for entrepreneurship, there are many more that operate better in a corporate environment. For such individuals, development and realization of their potential through their career paths is a key determinant of how they view their own self-worth. And yet repeated errors . . . read more >> Extra Income Millionaire for Life Writing Software Even as software writing has become ubiquitous across the world, and many software projects are being written in the developing world, opportunities for generating serious wealth through software writing -- both on a contract basis, and as a product -- continue to exist in niche, targeted markets in the US. Becoming a millionaire for life in less than ten years . . . read more >> Effective Paid Methods to Increase Website Traffic and Website Positioning -- A Wealth Building Research Report In our earlier report, we identified several free techniques to increase website traffic and improve website positioning for you online venture. While free techniques have the wonderful quality of being free, they are slow -- and if you want to build up your traffic quickly and efficiently, you must pay for it. But it is easy to throw your money down the wrong channel, or use an effective . . . read more >> More Articles