The Roth IRA: In Terms You’ll Understand
An IRA (individual retirement account), not just the Roth IRA, is a mysterious creature to most young adults. We hear “retirement” and immediately think of an old man and woman sitting on rocking chairs on the front porch of their cozy home. What twenty-something-year-old wants that image in their heads when they’ve still got plenty [...]
You’re Their Loyal Customer, Do You Invest in The Company?
For my family, there seems to be an obsession with Sony when it comes to certain types of electronics. Ever since I was a kid, I can’t remember a day when the TV didn’t carry the Sony brand. From what I can recall, there were televisions, a VHS player, a DVD player, a home theater [...]
Everyone Wants to Know How to Invest With Less Than $1000
Is the stock market such a treacherous place? It’s easy for an investor (such as myself) to say that it isn’t so scary. Those who don’t know much about investing will often seek advice and encouragement from an investor before taking the plunge themselves. How often do you have a conversation with a friend that [...]
Investing in Peer-to-Peer Loans? Think Like a Bank
Peer-to-peer loans have become the next biggest thing in investing. The stock market may be producing disappointing results but the new social trend in lending is proving to be a nice alternative – and a great way to diversify one’s investment portfolio. Lending Club, the most popular peer-to-peer lending network today, is one such company [...]
5 Signs You Are Addicted to Investing
Making your first stock purchase may be a big step and new experience to a young investor – it certainly was for me. We’ve heard of the tragedies where people lost their entire retirement savings and we’ve heard of the fortunes of those who picked a winning stock. But, of course we are hoping that [...]
