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...

  The Advocate Celebrates 50 Posts of "How To Invest" with Extensive Interview with its Creator   The Investor's Advocate: This is a bit belated since you've already passed 50 posts at the time of this writing, but the number is quite a milestone. Did you ever imagine that you'd still be covering this subject for as long as you have? Anthony Rhodes: The great thing about investing is that its universe is so incredibly vast that there's always material to cover. To say nothing about new products and rules which come into play on a regular basis. So, I'm not all that surprised to still be at it today. The difficulty lies in which direction to move within. Should I cover products, strategies or current events? And how to make it all relatable to the average person. This is the motivation and challenge which keeps me going. The Investor's Advocate : To that point, one of the hallmarks of your blog is how it tends to weave subjects which aren't normally...

  Tools to Help You to Counteract the Effects of Inflation With prices on the rise, are there any resources available to help both your wallet and your portfolio to counteract their effects? If so, what's the best way to employ their usage? For the answers to these questions, you should read a posting called "Deflation" (https://www.howtoinvestblog.net/2021/09/deflation.html), a new article on Anthony Rhodes' popular How To Invest blog (www.howtoinvestblog.net). Mr. Rhodes is the owner of wealth management firm The Planning Perspective (www.theplanningperspective.com). "Everyone abhors inflationary price hikes." he began. "Consumers have come to expect gradual increases over time of the products and services which they use on a daily basis, but the problem with inflation is that this process is expedited to short spans, and causes people to make adjustments to their normal monetary allocations." he added. "This may include the problem of havin...

  Social Constructs and Our Longings to Belong Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a member of the financial elite? And if so, what sacrifices would you be willing to forego to make such a transformation possible? These queries are addressed in a riveting post entitled "Class Pass"   (https://www.howtoinvestblog.net/2021/08/class-pass.html) by Anthony Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes is the owner of wealth management firm The Planning Perspective (www.theplanningperspective.com), and the article is a recent addition to his popular How To Invest blog (www.howtoinvestblog.net). "The desire to socialize is hardwired within our very beings as humans." he began. "It's what has allowed us to build villages, towns and metropolises by which to gather, trade and construct our diverse communities." he added. "Throw capitalism within the societal mix and you inevitably produce hierarchies, and the yearning to escalate from one platform to another within t...

  A Glitch in Nature's Matrix Provides Golden Opportunities for Investors, and Everyone Else Is there a flaw written within the very coding of nature which makes it susceptible to exploitation? And if so, how can it be utilized to increase the performance of your investments? To find the answers, you should read a posting called "Rewarding Repetitions"  ( https://www.howtoinvestblog.net/2021/07/rewarding-repititions.html ) by Anthony Rhodes. It's 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 ). "In this particular case, Mother Nature may actually be a victim of her own success." he began. "Once nature discovers a method which proves to be successful, she, like all of her offspring, seeks to replicate it, and these replications can produce certain opportunities." he added. " But these opportunities onl...

  Health, Fitness and Intelligence is Creating New Nexus Point of Human Evolution. Is Your Portfolio Constructed to Benefit From It? Is mankind about to enter a new phase of human evolution? If so, what will it look like? And, further still, how can you, as an investor, profit from its arrival? To find the answers to these questions, you should read an essay called "Superman"( https://www.howtoinvestblog.net/2021/07/superman.html ). It's a new addition to Anthony Rhodes' popular How To Invest blog ( www.howtoinvestblog.net ). Mr. Rhodes is the owner of wealth management firm The Planning Perspective ( www.theplanningperspective.com ). "First of all, let me be clear that the post is not supporting eugenics, or any theory which promotes selective breeding as a means of improving mankind for the better." he opened. "Such silliness rightfully occupies its placement within the scrapheap of history's follies, and there it shall forever remain, as far as I...