Book Review: One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch

May 31, 12 Book Review: One Up On Wall Street by Peter Lynch

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With the S&P 500 index down roughly 7.5% for the month, it’s a perfect time to take a break from all the (investing) fuss and re-evaluate our fundamentals. The best way to do that would be to pick up your favorite investing book and brush up on the basics. One of my favorites is the timeless classic, One Up On Wall Street :...

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Top 3 Online Resources Every Investor Should Use

May 30, 12 Top 3 Online Resources Every Investor Should Use

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Nowadays, almost everything is available on the internet. You can buy or sell stuff online, talk to people instantaneously, chat, watch videos, read the news, research your homework, play games, etc. One of the most important things that the internet revolutionized is the speed (and cost) by which information travels. Fast and...

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Financial Derivatives 102: Options

May 29, 12 Financial Derivatives 102: Options

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Of course you know who Steve Jobs is. He’s the super-famous CEO who led Apple Inc. (AAPL) to its tremendous success by coming up with the iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. And by the way, his salary as CEO is $1 a year. Yes, you read that right, one dollar a year. You may be thinking he’s nuts, but there’s actually more to his...

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Financial Derivatives 101: Futures

May 23, 12 Financial Derivatives 101: Futures

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Eventually in your investing life, you will learn about financial instruments other than stocks. While learning doesn’t necessarily imply using these instruments, it’s always good to know what tools are available to you that can help maximize or improve your investment outcomes. This article is the first part of two. Here,...

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Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) Explained

It’s all over the news! Facebook is finally “going public” with its IPO on May 18. Some investors are really excited because this is their chance to get a piece of Facebook’s “action.” Other investors, however, think that the company is “overvalued” at its target IPO value of $85 billion to $95 billion. In this...

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