Carnival of Passive Investing (Free Money Finance)

Welcome to the Carnival of Passive Investing. As you might imagine, this carnival is a weekly collection of money-related stories around the idea of passive investing. And this week, I'm the host!

If you're new to Free Money Finance, you may want to check out a few posts to get a feel of the site. Here's a list of my best posts from last year. I write on all sorts of topics -- from making money with credit cards to maximizing your lifetime earnings to avoiding bad money moves. If you like what you see, you can subscribe to FMF.?

I'm also a big fan of passive investing. ;-)

There were tons of submissions this month, but unfortunately few of them had to do with passive investing. There were many that were spam, many that focused on various aspects of investing that were not passive investing, and many that dealt with earning a passive income (which is also different than passive investing.) So what I give you are those that met the criteria and actually sent something associated with this carnival's topic.

I was supposed to pick three editor's choice posts, but since there are so few this month I'll simply list them all and allow you to select your favorites:

• Best Index Funds for IRA - Index funds are the best form of passive investing and have the lowest cost. These should really form the core of your IRA Investing.


• Is the Buy and Hold Investment Strategy Right for You? - Probably one of the best known investment strategies is buy and hold. Buy and hold is a long term investment strategy where one buys an investment and is not frightened by temporary fluctuations in the investment's value. Buy and hold is frequently touted by the legendary investor Warren Buffett, and many mom and pop investors subscribe to this investment style because it's a passive investment style. However, despite Warren Buffett consistently preaching about buying and holding, there is a secret that he didn't tell you, because he doesn't realize it. Buy and holding doesn't work for everyone. It only works for the right people under the right circumstances.


• Should You Automatically Reinvest Your Dividends? - One of the easiest ways to passively invest is to pick stocks that pay great dividends and automatically reinvest them. There are 5 great reasons to automatically reinvest, but 7 reasons to avoid it.


• Are Actively Managed Funds a Fool?s Game Compared to Index Funds? - We don't always get what we pay for, and this concept comes into play when making a general comparison between actively managed funds and index funds. Are investors getting punished for seeking above-average returns?


• How to Change Your Stock Allocation for Value Informed Indexing in Response to Valuation Shifts - Value informed indexing provides a way to invest in stocks only when they are priced right. See how to change your stock allocation for value informed indexing and find out how the market is valued.

Thanks for stopping by the carnival!!!

Source: http://www.freemoneyfinance.com/2011/09/carnival-of-passive-investing.html

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