Hi Everyone, Saturday is a big day. We'll be doing the free subscription drawing for the clubs that earned a gold star for successfully completing the tax season. And..... We'll do a short webinar on Benchmarking Your Portfolio. The fun starts at 2PM EDT. It's ...
If you start paying more attention to benchmarking your portfolio and keeping track of your relative return, you will probably see that the longer the time period you evaluate, the harder it is to beat your benchmark. If you do beat it, it may be ...
So apparently, when I went out to get the mail yesterday, one of my trustworthy, doesn't keep me awake at night stocks, P&G, decided to go bungee jumping. I guess there's never a dull moment when making investments. Hopefully this was the end of the ...
I've noticed that sometimes the valuation report includes the "Percent of Total" column and sometimes it does not. Does anyone have an explanation for this? Thanks!
I know this has been discussed (maybe endlessly) and I have a BI article from February 2006, "Handling Member Departures" paragraph 4 but particularly the red, yellow and green chart. The last "green" item, Pay withdrawing members by transferring appreciated stock to them indicates the ...
Hi all, we had a great club meeting last night, amid all the market turmoil there was some spirited debate going on. Then in "any other business" at the end of the night, one member announced he was leaving the club because he felt he ...
Sometimes life is disappointing. You work hard and try to do the right thing and sometimes something unexpected and damaging that is out of your control happens and wipes out or undermines your progress. So you have to decide, do you go forward or change ...
The valuation report is an important report for your club to use to communicate the value of the club's assets to everyone. It is, however, a terrible report to look at to use for any sort of decision making about investing. Particularly seductive to us ...
Hi Laurie! I have been enjoying the Club Cafe conversations, but would like to request you take my name off the Club Cafe Email list - I am receiving so many emails and I share this email address with my family that the sheer volume ...
One of the most powerful yet difficult aspects of picking stocks as a group is being able to have a discussion and then make a decision when people may disagree. If handled the right way, this dissension can actually lead to better decision making because ...
Hi Everyone, Does anybody listen to NPR radio? If so, you're familiar with membership drives. I'd like to have a Club Cafe membership drive. I've made a commitment to keep sharing information about doing your accounting or running your club on a regular basis and ...
My club members would like me to provide each month what they feel is a fairly simple report: - How much have we invested (in total for all years) - What do we have to show for it Now, simplistically, what we've invested is our ...
The question has come up at our latest meeting. Why is the tax basis so much more than the total paid in? I read the help, but I want to be able to explain it to the group in simple terms. Thanks, amz46@yahool.com
HI ALL, We wanted to invite BI members who have been looking for a club but, have been unable to find a local one to join our national on-line stock club. We are looking for new members. We currently have 8 members and are looking ...
I'm very interested in the topic of how you get yourself motivated to do something like learning to invest. I frequently talk with friends and family members who are worried about their financial future. They wonder if they're doing enough but are so overwhelmed by ...