Investment: Risk Tolerance I have a financial planner who, amongst other strange attributes, has a perky sense of humor. This may of course get him firmly slapped across the head if he continues to practice his comedic aspirations on me. At our last meeting, greeting me with a chuckle, he offered me coffee and a gift voucher to an anger management class.  I wonder why would he think I get angry around him. Image by Friends for Peace via Flickr Using his usual annoyingly authoritative air, this is how he explained investment risk tolerance to me, emphasizing that: Each of us has a ris...

The New Stock Market Dictionary/Glossary Of Terms - Revamped Markets these days are going up and down like elevators on speed. Understanding and being actively involved in the stock market 'is not for the faint of heart'! Recent 'wild swings' on stock markets around the world may well have turned some of the most seasoned of  investors into a quivering masses of jello desperately trying to find other ways to make money. But -  first things first, lets get to the humor in all these  'stock market' shenanigans.   Then I will share with you some advice I was given by one market expert on s...