http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/investing/index.htm You probably think you know the basics, and you're probably right so far as the mainstream financial media goes -- here're the basics the light of income investing. 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/investing/totalyield.htm Most financial advisors use the concept of "total return." Unfortunately, total return exagerates your profits because not all of that money is actually returned to you. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/investing/totalyield.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/investing/allocation.htm If you'd strictly adhered to asset allocation starting about 1981, you'd now earn mostly gold. Yes, it's price is now going up -- after a 25 year bear market. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/investing/allocation.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/investing/growthtrap.htm Invest for high growth -- that's standard advice. Too bad Dr. Jerome Siegel has proven it wrong. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/investing/growthtrap.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/investing/indexing.htm The concept of market indexes has proven critical to financial survival, and here's how they're important to income investors. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/investing/indexing.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/investing/psychology.htm Walt Kelly had his cartoon strip character say this many years ago, and it's still true: "We have met the enemy and he is us." Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/investing/psychology.htm http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/investing/agewave.htm Baby boomers have started to draw Social Security. What will happen when millions start selling off their stocks and bonds? Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.incomeinvesthome.com/investing/agewave.htm