The Investor's Advocate

  A Stubborn Pandemic, Rising Inflation and Customary First Quarter Conditions Makes This Winter Season Unwelcoming to Say The Least...and Opportunistic   With both Omicron variant cases and prices for just about everything else on the upswing, are you looking forward to a winter comprised of burrowing yourself and family in the home until safer, less inflationary conditions eventually arise? Well, what if I told you that this environment may actually be ideal for a particular type of growth that will get you out of the house and mingling throughout the entire winter, and assisting in the growth of your portfolio while doing so? Would you be interested in learning more about it? If so, you should definitely read an essay entitled "A Financial Cure for The Post Holiday Blues" ( https://www.howtoinvestblog.net/2016/11/a-financial-cure-for-post-holiday-blues.html ). It's a post within Anthony Rhodes' popular How To Invest blog( www.howtoinvestblog.net ). Mr. Rhodes is t

  Confronting the Challenge of Standard & Poor's Benchmark Numerical Index...or Not   Are there any techniques available to assist you in consistently competing with the S&P 500 Index? If so, what are they? And if not, why? These queries are addressed in a posting entitled "Creative Criteria" ( https://www.howtoinvestblog.net/2021/11/creative-criteria.html ) by Anthony Rhodes. The essay is a recent addition to his popular "How To Invest" blog (www.howtoinvestblog.net). Mr. Rhodes is the owner of wealth management firm The Planning Perspective (www.theplanningperspective.com). "The S&P 500  is a collection of the 500 largest companies in America, so it's not all that surprising that investors of all types fail to surpass it over specified amounts of time." he began. "You are competing against many of the very best companies in the world, after all, which means your strategies have to be spot on in order to come out on top." h