One of the most thrilling and scary things you can do with your money is to buy individual stocks. I like to hold a small portion of my investments in individual stocks because I have found it to be a very useful component to my overall plan for financial freedom (my money design as I call it). Plus I’ve been investing for a long time so I have a pretty good idea of what to do. Unlike when you own a mutual fund, you lose the safety and security of owning 100’s of stocks at one time when you buy pick and buy stocks one a time. (Of course the experts have also said that you really only need 10-12 stocks to be adequately diversified). But then there’s a pretty lucrative up-side to stock investing: Your winners could be unbound! … [Read more...] about Can the Experts Really Help Us Find Good Stocks to Invest In? Let’s See for Ourselves