Stock Market Hits a New High: How to Manage Your Money in an Investment Boom

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Let the good times roll! This week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 hit new all-time intraday highs - and that’s in addition to steady climb over the last three weeks. It seems, according to the numbers, that things are … [Read more...]

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What The Heck Are ETFs?

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Ah, investing. If budgeting and paying off debt is the dowdy, practical side of personal finance, investing is its stylish, seductive cousin. At once scary (to some) and exhilarating (to others), investing allows us to sit back, relax, and let our … [Read more...]

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Retirement Planning Made Simple

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With today’s troubled times and people looking to beat the ever rising costs of living, many don’t have the thought of retirement on their mind. Between rent or a mortgage, rising monthly bills, and all the other everyday costs, it makes it hard … [Read more...]

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Monday Motivation – How to Start Investing Without a Lot of Money

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Investing is one of the best ways to grow your money, and yet only about 54% of Americans invest in the stock market. Gallup reports that the percentage of investors in the U.S. fell to a ten-year low in 2011 – just a few years after the 2008 … [Read more...]

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Monday Motivation – 5-minute Fixes for a Richer 2013

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It’s that time of year again: you’re about a month into the New Year, and your 2013 resolutions are already being put to the test. You’re already spending every ounce of your willpower to go to the gym three times a week, read more, take up a … [Read more...]

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BREAKING NEWS: NYSE Sold in $8.2 Billion Deal

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It’s the embodiment of Wall Street and American capitalism—and it’s under new management. The iconic New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)—operated by NYSE Euronext—will be bought for $8.2 billion. The deal calls for buyer, … [Read more...]

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More Facebook Stock Freed: Will Wall Street ‘Like’ It?

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Here we go again! 800 million additional shares of Facebook stock hit the market today as the third and largest stage of a five-part “lockup” process expires, freeing employees and investors to sell that stock. A lockup period is a commonly … [Read more...]

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Facebook IPO – Not as Public as You Think

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Investment bankers and Wall Street sharks aren’t the only ones salivating over this week’s expected initial public offering (IPO) from social media giant Facebook. Tech geeks and Facebook fiends are lining up to grab their piece of the company … [Read more...]

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JP Morgan Sends Investors to the Mattresses

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There was no horse head in my bed this morning, or Michael Corleone breathing down my neck, but JP Morgan Chases’ latest derivatives gamble is sending investors across the globe to re-check their mattresses for good places to stash their cash. … [Read more...]

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Mixed Emotions – Finance, Obama, Gay Marriage and Quicksand

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Above all things I am a pragmatist. As a political operative, like a spy, a good businessperson, a sound financial adviser or an undercover cop, the ability to divorce yourself from the emotional ties that often encumber good judgment is one of your … [Read more...]

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Austerity – The New Dirty Word

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Austerity is the 21st century’s new dirty word. Governments across Europe and obviously here in the U.S. are struggling with ways to cope with mounting debt  and voters in all countries are bristling against the notion of deep cuts. None more so … [Read more...]

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