http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/basics/index.htm Basic investing concepts and definitions. Knowing these can help you understand why investing for income makes the most sense. en-us Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Weblog Editor 2.0 goldegg2008@gmail.com (Richard Stooker) goldegg2008@gmail.com (Richard Stooker) Copyright 2008 by Richard Stooker and Gold Egg Investing LLC http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/basics/yield.htm Yield is the usual measurement of how profitable an investment is. My contention is, only the yield that puts cash into your pocket is important. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/basics/yield.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/basics/leverage.htm Financial leverage is the investing equivalent of using a mechanical lever to lift a heavy weight using small effort. Unfortunately, in investing leverage is a double-edged sword that also puts you at greater risk. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/basics/leverage.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/basics/risk.htm Every investment has some sort of risk associated with it. How risk is defined is important, yet most people false equate risk with volatility rather than actual danger. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/basics/risk.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/basics/hedging.htm Smart bookies aren't gamblers -- they make money because they hedge their bets. They make sure they'll make money no matter which horse wins the race. Smart investors do the same thing. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/basics/hedging.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/basics/diversification.htm The best way to lower the risk of investing is to use diversification to make sure that disaster striking one part of your portfolio does not destroy all of your portfolio. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/basics/diversification.htm