Happy Friday DINKS.  This week we surfed the Net and explored Twitter to bring you some great posts about Investing, Stocks, and The Stock Market.  Investing, and especially Investing in the Stock Market, is a very personal decision. Some of us may invest in Stocks because it gives us direct access to shares of companies that we love, some of us may buy into The Stock Market because our brother in law told us to, and some others of us may buy Stocks because we are young and we can afford to take the risk.

Why Do You Buy Stocks and Invest in The Stock Market?

Money Cone gets technical about buying stocks in the post Market Volatility, Can You Stomach It?  She says that the amount of risk that we are willing to take in our Investment Portfolio is directly proportional to the amount of Return that we want.  However, it is also directly proportional to our personal sensitivity and individual adversity to change.  It is rare that a very conservative person will take a lot of risk in their Investment Portfolio. Twitter @moneycone

The Globe and Mail tells one investor’s story about staying invested for the long term and not trying to time the market in the post A steady-as-she-goes Portfolio. This investor buys passively managed low fee Exchange Traded Funds. He buys and holds the investments for long term success because low costs equal high profits. Twitter @globeinvestor

My Open Wallet talks about getting her bonus and going on a shopping spree in the post Springtime Shopping Spree.   What did she buy you ask? My Open Wallet purchased over $10,000 of Mutual Funds in her E*Trade Investment Account. Follow this New Yorker on Twitter @MyOpenWallet

Go To Retirement  gives some insight on the performance and holdings of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the post Is Now the Right Time to Buy Dow Stocks? Twitter @ToughMoneyLove

Money Under 30 wonders if he is on the right investment track for retirement in the post How Much Should Be in Your 401k at 30? As a general rule we should be more willing to take risk on our investments in our 20’s and 30’s because we are investing for the long term.  If we lose money over 5 years it’s ok because we are investing for 25 years and more. We also have to remember that the less risk we take, the more we have to save in order to build up the value of our investments. Twitter @MoneyUnder30

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Tahnya is a Certified Financial Planner and former Investment Advisor turned marketing and communications professional She holds a degree from Concordia University, is debt free and currently works in the field of digital marketing.

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