Rana Atallah, CFA, reflects on her journey to earn the CFA charter in Kuwait. For more information on earning the CFA charter, please visit www.cfainstitute.org/cfaprogram

~The Discovery Investing Scoreboard is now live and free to register! Go to www.discoveryboard.com to start!~ This video is a brief introduction of the logic behind the Discovery Investing Scoreboard system, which debuted earlier this year at the Cambridge House Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver, BC

Ashley Khoo, CFA, shares her thoughts on how the CFA Program proved to be a life-changing experience. For more information on earning the CFA charter, please visit www.cfainstitute.org/cfaprogram

What did all the “smart” people tell you in 2011? Many well-known investment gurus told you to get out of bonds, get out of Treasuries, and invest in stocks. So how did that work for you? In hindsight, we know the reverse strategy would have worked better, since bonds actually did better this past year. Tom Cock’s prediction for 2012 is that “the market will go up and the market will go down.” You can’t predict anything else! Common sense: Invest, do not speculate. Check out Figure 9 on the ifa.com portfolio pages to see the range of outcomes for a variety of portfolios. IFA.tv provides webcasts explaining the investing strategies of IFA.com and Mark Hebner’s book, Index Funds: The 12-Step Recovery Program for Active Investors, with Foreword by Nobel Laureate Harry Markowitz. See here: indexfundsbook.com.

Mark and Tom discuss the achievements of David Booth, co-founder and co-CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors. Dimensional is a company that translates research into solutions and is affiliated with many financial luminaries and academics. Dimensional makes their funds available through registered investment advisers, such as IFA. Booth offered praise for Mark Hebner’s book, saying, “It is really beautiful and really well done. I plan to use it as a reference guide.” IFA.tv provides webcasts explaining the investing strategies of IFA.com and Mark Hebner’s book, Index Funds: The 12-Step Recovery Program for Active Investors, with forward by Nobel Laureate Harry Markowitz. See here: indexfundsbook.com.

bit.ly – Find out more about Mike Dillard and The Elevation Group. In this official video is from The Elevation Group. Tom Wheelwright talks about how the poor, middle class and the wealthy spend money differently. Tom Wheelwright is a Rich Dad adviser and is the personal CPA to Robert Kiyosaki and Mike Dillard. The old-school retirement strategy for the middle class of finding a financial advisor, and developing a diversified portfolio of mutual funds for the long-term is dead. Over. Done. Kaput. (Good riddance!) Over the past three years, I’ve seen too many people in their 60′s and 70′s lose their ability to retire because the value of their nest-egg was tied to the stock market, and that’s been an extremely valuable lesson learned. bit.ly The only thing the market is good for these days is speculative, short-term trades. I’m a risk-taker by nature, but I’d have to be certifiably insane to park my “retirement money” into the market right now. So now what? bit.ly – Find out more about Mike Dillard and The Elevation Group

ifarcs.com – http – Mark Hebner teaches investing concepts through his many paintings created by Lala Ragimov. The Tax Loss Harvesting painting portrays an important opportunity available to investors in down markets. During stormy times, there is a silver lining that can be accessed for taxable accounts, thus benefiting investors even when things look bad. Hebner explains the mechanics of tax loss harvesting, which can be found in Step 12 of the 12-Step Program.

bit.ly – Find out more about Mike Dillard and The Elevation Group. In this official video preview of The Elevation Group, Paul Haarman talk’s about “black box” strategies of the wealthy. How do you secure generational wealth? How to the rich plan ahead? Find out more inside The Elevation group. bit.ly The old-school retirement strategy for the middle class of finding a financial advisor, and developing a diversified portfolio of mutual funds for the long-term is dead. Over. Done. Kaput. (Good riddance!) Over the past three years, I’ve seen too many people in their 60′s and 70′s lose their ability to retire because the value of their nest-egg was tied to the stock market, and that’s been an extremely valuable lesson learned. The only thing the market is good for these days is speculative, short-term trades. I’m a risk-taker by nature, but I’d have to be certifiably insane to park my “retirement money” into the market right now. So now what? bit.ly – Find out more about Mike Dillard and The Elevation Group

ifa.com – Mark Hebner explains who should be worried about their investments and who should not be. Mark wants you to capitalize on the current market conditions and to get invested properly into an index fund. Please take the Risk Capacity Survey to get started. Take the Risk Capacity Survey www.ifarcs.com

ifa.com – Mark Hebner explains who should be worried about their investments and who should not be. Mark wants you to capitalize on the current market conditions and to get invested properly into an index fund. Please take the Risk Capacity Survey to get started. Take the Risk Capacity Survey www.ifarcs.com