From freemoneywisdom.com
March 19, 2012 at 6:00 am
OptionsHouse is a brokerage that has been around for a while. It was founded in 2005 by PEAK6 Investments, LP and it has the advantage of the PEAK6 professional trading platform ... (
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From The Sizemore Investment Letter
March 16, 2012 at 10:42 am
The best way to explain how to use the trading moves of company insiders is with an example. In the spring of 2011, the shares of tobacco giant Lorillard, Inc. (NYSE: $LO) caught ... (
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From Weakonomics
March 16, 2012 at 10:39 am
Whatever story you want to tell, you can make a chart that tells it. We see this all the time in politics, but anyone can use a chart to make a point. Earlier this week Bruce ... (
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From The Sizemore Investment Letter
March 15, 2012 at 8:27 am
Neil Caffrey
Perhaps it is all the research I’ve been doing lately on investing in the art market, but I find myself enjoying the exploits of Neil Caffrey, the gentleman art ... (
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From The Sizemore Investment Letter
March 15, 2012 at 8:22 am
Last month, we reported that the struggle for control of Turkcell’s (NYSE: TKC) board of directors was entering the last innings of what had proven to be a very long ballgame ... (
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From My Journey to Millions
March 14, 2012 at 10:15 am
I find it interesting when the financial media makes bold predictions for individual stocks or mutual funds and as time passes the reasoning for the pick erodes. My interest may ... (
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From Life Without Pants
March 14, 2012 at 7:23 am
I firmly believe that life, and the path you choose, comes down to one simple question:“What is worth investing in?”Whether it be investing your money into an IRA. ... (
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From Punch Debt In The Face
March 14, 2012 at 3:58 am
You know the popular YouTube video “David after Dentist“? The one with the kid that is so drugged up from the dentist that he has no idea what is going on and in a ... (
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From Money Under 30
March 13, 2012 at 8:41 am
Editor’s Note: Yesterday Sarah gave us some ways to help you figure out if you’re ready to buy a home. But what if you’re pondering buying real estate not as ... (
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From Budgets Are Sexy
March 13, 2012 at 6:24 am
But for a much MUCH better cause this time, haha… our retirement ;) Even though yesterday’s tax fail was a major hurt in the wallet, it could have been a TON worse ... (
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From The Sizemore Investment Letter
March 8, 2012 at 12:31 pm
After getting off to a slow start in January (see “Sin Stocks Trailing their More Virtuous Peers”), tobacco stocks are making up lost ground in a hurry (see Figure 1).
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From The Sizemore Investment Letter
March 8, 2012 at 7:50 am
Last week, I announced to the world what a momentously bad investment I had just made (see “I just made a horrible investment”).
Yes, dear reader, I was dragged kicking and ... (
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From Good Financial Cents -Jeff Rose Certified Financial Planner and Investment Advisor, Carbondale, Illinois
March 6, 2012 at 10:40 am
When somebody says the word “movement” to me, the first thing I think about is Zumba. I wish I could tell you why, but alas I can’t.Today, I want to talk about ... (
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From Money Under 30
March 6, 2012 at 10:00 am
Editor’s Note: Yesterday Sarah gave us some ways to help you figure out if you’re ready to buy a home. But what if you’re pondering buying real estate not as ... (
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From Weakonomi¢s
March 5, 2012 at 11:35 am
There’s a lot of talk out there about the vanishing middle class. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle class is slowly eroding away. No end seems ... (
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From My Journey to Millions
March 5, 2012 at 11:10 am
For the past couple years I have have mostly ignored my Traditional IRA. I would put money into it every once in a while but it would mostly just purchase the only mutual fund ... (
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From Good Financial Cents -Jeff Rose Certified Financial Planner and Investment Advisor, Carbondale, Illinois
March 5, 2012 at 9:24 am
As a financial planner, I get a lot of concerned questions from my clients regarding their investments.One recently asked me “What exactly happens if the brokerage firm I’m ... (
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From The Sizemore Investment Letter
March 5, 2012 at 3:07 am
Late last year, I asked openly if Sears (Nasdaq: $SHLD) could be the next Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: $BRK-A) (see “Is Sears the Next Berkshire Hathaway?“).
The article ... (
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From Weakonomics
March 2, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Since I first started learning about personal finance there have been some areas where I’ve struggled to develop a full understanding. Most of them are centered around insurance ... (
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From Good Financial Cents -Jeff Rose Certified Financial Planner and Investment Advisor, Carbondale, Illinois
March 1, 2012 at 5:27 pm
Margin is debt. You borrow capital from your broker to buy more assets, in most cases stocks.This gives you leverage. You are making a bet that your returns on the investments ... (
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From My Journey to Millions
March 1, 2012 at 10:50 am
At the beginning of each month I calculate to see if my net worth has gone up or down and share that with all my readers. Quick knock on wood because I have not had a down month ... (
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From The Sizemore Investment Letter
March 1, 2012 at 7:00 am
All around the world, same song. And by “song,” I of course mean “economic motivators.” It seems that every country in the world faces the same problems (yawning ... (
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From The Sizemore Investment Letter
March 1, 2012 at 12:27 am
The European Central Bank announced that it injected €530 billion into the European banking system in February, slightly higher than the €500 billion expected by analysts. ... (
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From The Sizemore Investment Letter
February 29, 2012 at 1:00 pm
The Oracle of Omaha has had a lot to say in recent years, and by his own admission not a lot of it is new. This is not to say that Warren Buffett is incapable of change, of course; ... (
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From Manisha Thakor
February 28, 2012 at 12:49 am
Have you ever wondered how your life might be different if you had “All The Money In The World?” In her new book by that same name, Laura Vanderkam turns that question ... (
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