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Understanding How the Beta of Your Stock Works

March 5, 2010 · 4 comments

in VIX volatility, financial education, investment tools, market trends, risk, stock picks, stocks, technical analysis, terminology

If you’ve never paid attention to Beta (β) (or “B”) before, listen up.  Even if you don’t consider yourself a technical analyst or a seasoned investor, or if you are just getting into stocks now, beta is fairly easy to understand and can help you with your stock picking decisions.
Beta is a mathematical measurement of [...]

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Seasonal Investing Rule #1: How To Use the January Effect To Your Advantage

January 22, 2010 · 1 comment

in January, investing, market timing, market trends, psychology, seasonal investing, special dates, stocks, technical analysis, theories

What’s “the January Effect”? It’s a simple seasonal investing rule that goes something like this: “as goes January, so goes the rest of the year.”
Seasonal investing is not quite an investment style, but more like a strategy, for making trades that correspond to cyclical market trends around the year.  Certain events, and thus market movements, [...]

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How to Save Money and Calories on Starbucks Drinks and Lattes

November 7, 2009 · 3 comments

in Starbucks, consumers, drinks, savings, spending

Forget about trying to give up a daily latte if it really makes your morning or is an essential part of your coffee shop networking.  It’s easier to just save money doing it.
Here are two basic tips for making the most of your latte money at Starbucks.
Misto Instead of Latte: Save $0.50

Your latte is one [...]

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How To Get Ready For Double-Digit Inflation

July 13, 2009 · 12 comments

in credit cards, debt, economy, financial planning, hyperinflation, inflation, savings, wealth protection

Some people may tune out any talk of inflation, chalking its presence in the media up to fear-mongering (a handy scapegoat!) or laughable economic miscomprehension.  “Why worry about inflation, when deflation is clearly the threat?,” so many commentators cried a few months ago.  But if all one cares about is the short-term, then one won’t [...]

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4 Tips for Having Conversations with Parents (and Others) About Money

June 12, 2009 · 4 comments

in behavioral finance, emotions, finances, financial planning, money decisions, money lessons, psychology

It may not be part of the old adage about religion and politics, but money still has the ability to divide and get people worked up.  Perhaps it is the hugely abstract idea(s) behind our physical use of money that cause(s) this problem.  Money is linked to the ideas of “value” and “worth.” How much [...]

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5 Money Lessons You Should Make Sure You Learn While Still in College or University

April 14, 2009 · 5 comments

in money lessons, students, wealthbuilding

And if you can learn them while still in high school, all the better!  When I was in high school the last thing I was thinking about was money, and that’s not because I had a lot it.  This leads me right into the first lesson, so I’ll just start listing them and commenting on [...]

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8 Ways To Prosper No Matter What Happens to The Economy

March 30, 2009 · 10 comments

in finances, recession, wealthbuilding

Instead of tuning into the news each night or day for more updates on what’s going wrong with the US economy and now foreign economic relations in particular, rest assured that nothing you can think about will change whatever is going to happen post-G20 on April 2 in London, England, when the top leaders of [...]

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