Weekend Watcher: Nail-Gun These Tips to the Wall

Hi. It's been a long week, no? We've dealt with 20-page earnings reports, tricky economic data and subsequent decisions on the portfolio. The kids are whining that they have to have an iPhone (go buy it -- Apple (AAPL) needs post-earnings lovin'), and teachers are sending early notes suggesting what school supplies to buy. So, in reality, this week was like any other one, save for the teacher trying to spend your money. As for myself, I have no kids and a social life boarding on nonexistent -- it's just work and the gym for me -- and through the years I've managed to fill my head with oddball, self-created investing tips. I've found these to be particularly helpful during earnings season in making monster calls before or after an individual report. They do hold muster in non-earnings periods, too, of course; I wouldn't simply throw nonsense out there that's of limited benefit.

So nail-gun these fun investing tips to the wall -- but, obviously, feel free to cut out my opening paragraph....452 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.

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