Early in our country’s history and stock market history, Boston was the original financial center of America. In Boston bonds for projects that included roads, canals, bridges and commodities such as hides and molasses, were sold and bought by dealers in Boston.

Security market values are used in buy and sell decision-making. Working capital figures are used for asset allocation and diversification decision-making. Portfolio working capital growth numbers are used to evaluate goal directed management decision-making over shorter periods of time.

All three of the major search engines are public companies now. As private companies, organizations have only two main constituencies to please: customers and the owner(s). Generally, the owner is happy if customers are happy, because happy customers keep buying.

Always keep in mind that (a) Wall Street has no respect for your intelligence and (b) the media "talking heads" are entertainers, not investors. Institutions must paint a picture of brilliance in their annual glossies. This year, a panic-stricken Main Street is helping them with their annual "sell low" hypocrisy.

Chances are, you already know about all the reasons that you want to read the Wall Street Journal. You may want to know what's going on in the world or maybe you just want a decisive viewpoint when it comes to political or business matters.

A classic story told to new investor is the one in which a young investor seeks help from an old investor. The young investor had a serious problem. He had invested in extremely expensive stocks and the market was turning on him.

Whatever happened to the Stock Market Cycle; the Interest Rate Cycle; Baby Jane? How did Wall Street get away with pushing these facts of financial life down the basement stairs?

The Working Capital Model (WCM) approach to portfolio performance evaluation eliminates the tears and fears because it is based on more than the current market value illusion of wealth--- a number that won't sit still long enough to ever be meaningful. Market value, within the WCM, is used only to determine what to buy and/or when to take profits

The stock market is actually an avenue from which the stock of companies is purchased and sold. Some people still believe that the stock market and Wall Street are one and the same.

Losing money on an investment may not be the result of a mistake, and not all mistakes result in monetary losses. Your own misconceptions about how securities react to varying economic, political, and hysterical circumstances are your most vicious enemy. Step away from calendar year, market value thinking. Avoid these ten common errors to improve your performance: