It’s the end of July, and that means it’s time for a roundup of investing news, tips and general info from around the blogosphere!

ETFs.

• The ETF DataBase has a great post detailing the history of the ETF industry by way of 25 people who helped create it. Read The ETF Hall of Fame: 25 People Who Revolutionized the ETF Industry

• 76 ETFs For Foreign Stock Exposure from Bradley Johnson’s Personal Finance And Investing blog is an exhaustive listing of foreign ETFs broken down by single country, Region and more!

Investing Tips and Techniques.

• Trend Technician has a great post about why you shouldn’t Trade Without a “Stop”.

• The Amateur Financier provides a wonderful breakdown of Risk Management Strategies.

• Wise Money Matters gives a quick and handy breakdown of various types of stocks (not growth, value or large cap, small cap either) in What are the different types of stocks?

Warnings and Reminders.

• Moolanomy has a great reminder that sometimes Stock Volatility Kills.

• AllFinancialMatters reminds us (graphically) that Not All S&P 500 Index Mutual Funds Are Created Equal!

• 3 High Growth Small Caps for 2009-2010. Here are 3 small cap stocks that you probably haven't heard of, but they each have at least a 25% increase in sales over last year - a time in which most companies have seen sales take a big hit. K12. Market Cap: $548 million Estimated sales growth for current......
• 6 Tips For the Beginning Investor. Here's a list of some investing insight I've learned over the years that I hope will help accelerate the beginning investor's road to wealth. 1. Don't go all in at once. If you have a lump sum of money to invest and you are doing so when the market is......
• How to Tell When the Stock Market is at the Bottom. When bubbles burst, markets tumble. Sometimes the tumble is long and pervasive. Other times it's a fast a furious free fall. Whatever form a market crash takes, it will eventually end and the market bottoms. What follows is a set of common indicators that the market may be at or......
• The simple 7 investment portfolio. Looking for an easy, diversified portfolio of stock funds that will grow your money over time, but won't take over your life with demands on your time? ladies, gentlemen and undeclared's, I present the simple 7 portfolio.. Each recommendation is either an ETF, or a no-load mutual fund. Some people......
• Best ETF's For... Kiplinger has released their annual "best of" edition, where they rate the best of just about everything. One of the categories is ETF's. I thought I'd share the picks, and some thoughts on them here, but you should check out the complete issue if you get a chance. Best ETF......

• Two Industries With Good Long-Term Economics In tough economic times, people tend to look for so-called "recession-proof" industries to stem the losses.  A recession-proof industry in one which generally performs well in a weak economy.  Those are not the types of companies I'm talking about here.  My focus today is on industries where long-term economic and......
• Happy First Birthday My Journey to Millions It is shocking that I wrote my first post the first week of August one year ago! In that post I discussed my credit card debt, and how much I hated it.  Well, the Wife and I in honor of fighting off the credit card demons for one full year......
• Introduction to Brokerage Accounts What is a brokerage account, and how can it benefit me? In many cases, the first step to building an investment portfolio is going to be to open up a brokerage account. The purpose of a brokerage account is to allow you to make purchases of investment vehicles such as......
• China's Biggest One-Day Loss of the Year Yesterday, August 17, 2009, China's Shanghai Index posted the single biggest one-day loss so far for 2009 (and in fact since November 2008), dropping about 6% on concerns about the resiliency of China's GDP numbers and consumer activity going forward. Global Markets Sell-Off This was the catalyst that sent oil......
• Mutual Funds Introduction It is really not much of an exaggeration for you to say that mutual funds are one of the best things that the middle class can take advantage of financially since the invention of sliced bread. What mutual funds do, is they allow for investors that have small amounts of......