Jennifer Gniadecki
High Yield Checking for Anyone? Almost.
Everyone is looking for a great interest rate. Unfortunately, even the gold standard of high yield savings accounts, ING Direct, cut back from 3% to 2.75% when the fed cut rates.
That doesn't mean you shouldn't still try to make money from your money. Even if it is less money, free cash is nothing to sneeze [...]
Limit Orders vs. Market Orders
When you buy stock though an online program (or even through a broker), one of the most important questions you need to know the answer to is if you want to place a Limit Order or a Market Order. Your decision could be the difference between owning the stock and not owning the stock. Or [...]
Kids and Investing – Getting Started
You can begin teaching your children about investing as young as six, or even younger if you keep it simple.
The best way to do this is, you guessed it, buy them a share of stock.
The key to keeping interest high is to buy them stock they are interested in. Here are some examples:
Disney (DIS)
McDonalds (MCD)
Gap [...]
What is a Portfolio?
A portfolio is money you have that isn’t in a checking or savings account. If you have a 401(k) or a 501(b) you have a portfolio. Usually when people refer to a portfolio they are referring to stocks, but also bonds, money market accounts and other investments.
Keep Your Balance
A “balanced portfolio” or a “diversified portfolio” [...]
No Economic Bailout = Time to go Shopping?
The immediate result was a 777 point drop in the stock market. That means a lot of people lost a lot of money.
The banking sector was among the biggest losers on Wall Street on a day that saw the largest one-day drop in history for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the biggest drop in [...]
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