When most young professionals think about investments, their minds generally turn to the financial markets. But as the years go by, life will throw you more than a few curveballs, requiring…
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Almost everyone knows the name Warren Buffett, regardless of whether they invest in the stock market or not. In case you don’t, Warren Buffett is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a…
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I get bored when looking for financial advice and seeing the same things. Target date funds, time horizons, budgets, 401(k)s, financial advisors, etc. So I decided to try a different approach…
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After hitting the all-important price of $1,000 per share in June 2017, Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) has caught fire, soaring as high as $1,763.10 per share over the past year. An initial…
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You’ve graduated from college, you’re achieving in your career, and thinking about buying your first stock. The only problem is, you were never precisely taught what the best stocks to invest in…
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The more critical issue to be addressed is not whether bitcoin belongs to an investment portfolio, but “how does bitcoin, or cryptocurrency in general, affect the investor’s profile?” It…
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The terms “bull” and “bear” describe how stock markets perform generally, but also indicates how investors feel about the market and the trends that emerge as a result. Bull and bear…
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When a company turns a profit, what happens to the money that they receive? The business usually has two simple choices: they can keep the cash within the company, or they…
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Cheat Sheet for the S&P 500:
- The S&P 500 stands for Standard & Poor’s 500. It’s an index of 500 companies.
- It is the main benchmark investors try to beat with their own…
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Cheat Sheet for the Dow Jones Industrial Average:
- It’s an example of a stock market index, a collection of stocks.
- There are 30 companies in the DJIA.
- You don’t have to buy all 30 stocks to…