When I was 8 years old, my mother started teaching me about mutual funds. I had no idea what they were at the time, but she was learning about them for the first time, and saw how important it was for children to know how they worked. She encouraged me to start mowing my neighbors [...]
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How to Make Investing Fun!
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How would you react if I told you that for the next 2 hours, we were going to watch a documentary on Investing 101? I imagine that most of you wouldn’t be all that excited. In fact, some of you might already be clawing and scratching your way to the nearest exit to avoid the [...]
Why are Women Afraid to Invest?
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A recent article in the Huffington Post got me thinking about women and investing. More specifically, it got me thinking about the call out that women are afraid to invest. Also, I read a lot of personal finance blogs. A lot. And in general sweeping stereotypical terms, one thing I keep noticing is that blogs [...]
Investing Student Loans – Is It Legal and Should You Do It?
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Investing student loans has been a hot button issue for many years. At the peak of the stock market in 2006, it was a commonly held belief that investing student loans was a wise and safe decision. Fast forward to 2013 with the bull market running in full force again, and investors are much more [...]
Why Do People Think Investing is a Good Idea?
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You’ve probably heard that investing is a good idea. Heck, if you read my site everyday, you know that I think investing is a good idea. But you may not have given any thought as to why investing is a good idea. You just assumed it was. So, instead of just taking my word for it, I [...]
How Do You Know When It’s a Good Time to Start Investing?
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When you first start your financial journey, you learn pretty quickly that there are many steps between the starting line (college graduation) and the finish line (retirement without poverty). And yet, there are a ton of moving pieces. You have to pay to live somewhere, you have to start paying those student loans back, you [...]
Better Know a Millionaire Investor – Gareth Soloway
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Welcome to this week’s edition of Better Know a Millionaire Investor. This week I’m sitting down with Gareth Soloway, the 32 year old President and Chief Financial Officer of InTheMoneyStocks.com. Gareth is a very successful trader and investor with a decade of experience in the financial sector. He has been the President and Chief Financial Officer [...]
Can You Invest if You Make Minimum Wage?
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I want to help college students and young adults get started investing. It’s the biggest reason why I started this site, and wrote The College Student’s Guide to Investing. But I was recently asked a great question by a local college student – can you start investing if you make minimum wage? You see, a [...]
5 Best Investing Books to Get Started Investing
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A lot of people have written about the best investing books or the best books about money, but what about books for the beginning investor? I wanted to put together my list of favorite books to get started investing. These books are designed for the beginner, but still have a lot of solid topics that [...]
Why Aren’t You Investing in The Most Important Thing?
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Too often, college kids and recent graduates (like me) get sold the same pale of career and investing advice: save up your money, make wise stock investments, dump some cash into your 401(k), and dear God, take absolutely no risk…take joy in sitting in your cubicle crunching numbers all day! I’m not going to say [...]
Invest in a Lump Sum or Small Chunks (Dollar Cost Averaging)?
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There are two major competing philosophies when it comes to investing: do I invest in a lump sum, or do I invest in small chunks (i.e. dollar-cost averaging)? It also seems that almost every financial analyst has a different perspective when it comes to how to invest. Many recommend investing in small chunks and dollar [...]
What You Should Be Scared Of In The Stock Market
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It’s almost 2013, and there are potentially a lot of changes happening in the economy, in government, and as a result, in the stock market. I’m not trying to be a doomsday predictor, but I do believe that you should be scared of a few things, and plan accordingly. Remember, there are no unexpected expenses, [...]
Top Ten Investment Options In The Current Market
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If you are new to investing, you would definitely want to know how to invest your money. While there are many investment options available, it is financially prudent to select the best – so that even in the worst market scenario, your investment is safe and provides the anticipated returns. Here are the top ten [...]
Awards for Spread Betting Companies
Last year, awards have been given to spread betting companies, with the recipients not slow to mention them along with an invitation to open a trading demo account. These companies were proud of what they were able to offer consumers, and wanted to share them with more potential customers. In 2011, CMC won the MoneyAM [...]
Groupon’s Woes Can’t Be Solved by “Friendly” Hedge Funds
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Over the past month, shareholders of famed internet deals site Groupon (GRPN) have encountered a wild ride up and down more than 50% as top-performing hedge funds claimed a stake in the company. One of the best performing funds in the last two years, Tiger Global, disclosed it owned 9.9% of the company. Someone close [...]
Why Best Buy Will Fail: They Made Me Showroom
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I’m written about my terrible Best Buy customer service experience before, and that was just the beginning of their current problems. Now, Best Buy (BBY) has clearly explained that one of the biggest weaknesses with their business model is so-called “showrooming”, where customers simply come to their stores to look at the products, and then [...]
