Category: investments

January 24, 2008

FREE money from the government!

Filed under: investments - 24 Jan 2008

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On news today, it is mentioned that us taxpayers will be receiving 600 dollars if individuals and 1200 if a couple with obvious income limitations and income tax …

Popularity: 63% [?]

January 22, 2008

The Federal Reserve Cuts 3/4 percent or 0.75%

Filed under: banking, investments - 22 Jan 2008

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The Federal Reserve has called in an unscheduled 0.75% interest rate cut.  Why did they do this?  There was a really big global sell off yesterday into today outside of the …

Popularity: 62% [?]

January 9, 2008

Vote for the next president by examining their monetary policies

Filed under: investments, taxes - 09 Jan 2008

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With the primaries underway, its hard not to notice the various candidates that are out there trying to get your vote. I know most of you probably …

Popularity: 65% [?]

November 5, 2007

How does the fed rate cut affect you?

Filed under: banking, investments - 05 Nov 2007

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If you watch the business news everyday its a very emotional time for us all. The federal reserve has cut interest rates recently again by a quarter …

Popularity: 100% [?]

October 19, 2007

Heads you win, tails you win. Either way, thanks to the IRS you come out ahead in the stock market.

Filed under: investments, taxes - 19 Oct 2007

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Man what a rollercoaster ride the market has been lately. Again, my pick for fantasy stock of the year ISRG had another record breaking run. Earnings estimates were assumed …

Popularity: 39% [?]

October 16, 2007

how to invest in uncertain times

Filed under: investments - 16 Oct 2007

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I’ve been following the market for some time now and if you have also, you may have realized how crazy up and down the market has been over the past few …

Popularity: 30% [?]

October 11, 2007

Buy partial shares with sharebuilder.

Filed under: investments - 11 Oct 2007

ShareBuilder - Welcome page

1. sharebuilder is offering a 50 dollar promotion to open an account and buy a stock. The thing about sharebuilder is that you can buy fractions of …

Popularity: 30% [?]

August 21, 2007

Stock market introduction to options trading

Filed under: investments - 21 Aug 2007

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I’m actually in the process of starting my first options trade and I wanted to give you guys a little tutorial about options trading that I learned over …

Popularity: 27% [?]

July 28, 2007

Introduction to 403b retirement savings plan

Filed under: investments, taxes - 28 Jul 2007

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If you are like me and working for a hospital during your residency years, you probably have an option to open a 403b account. What is a 403b account? It …

Popularity: 32% [?]

July 20, 2007

How I made a couple thousand dollars on a bad day in the stock market in one day - understanding market terminology

Filed under: investments - 20 Jul 2007

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My day basically started at midnight - well… i was on the night shift at the pediatric emergency room ER and it was a heck of a day with multiple admissions and some …

Popularity: 24% [?]

June 19, 2007

An idiots introduction to assets and investing. Who, what, when, where, why, and how part 2

Filed under: investments - 19 Jun 2007

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Last week, I discussed the who what when and why. Today I’d like to discuss the where and how to invest. This bring me …

Popularity: 17% [?]

June 15, 2007

An idiots introduction to assets and investing. Who, what, when, where, why, and how part 1

Filed under: investments - 15 Jun 2007

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WHO YOU!!!

WHAT There are many ways to look at investments. Investments as related to finance include buying securities in the form of stocks or bonds. When …

Popularity: 31% [?]

June 8, 2007

The best online brokers by consumer reports and how/why sign up

Filed under: investments - 08 Jun 2007

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On the june 2007 issue of consumer reports, the “money lab” evaluated 19 major online brokers that are accessible to investors using a standard webbrowser.

consumer reports gives each …

Popularity: 25% [?]

Wall Street Journal- “financial planning for the not yet rich”

Filed under: article reviews, investments - 08 Jun 2007

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People are finally figuring out that the time to start thinking about finances is now. The Wall Street Journal published a great article on financial …

Popularity: 31% [?]

June 3, 2007

Intro to investments for the newly graduated

Filed under: investments - 03 Jun 2007

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The most addicting part of investments and the stock market is that there is so much to learn and so many ways to make mistakes. My first …

Popularity: 14% [?]