Despite the fact that there aren’t many women in the stock market industry, many researchers have found that women possess better qualities than men when it comes to investing in the stock market. Some may say that it’s because they’re underrepresented that they’re able to create better decisions as they’re more cautious, while others may…
You may have seen an influx on personal finance blog about binary options lately and wondered exactly what they are. Binary options are a way to trade the price fluctuations in domestic and global markets. Yup. That does totally sound like gibberish. But here’s the deal – if you travel kind of often, you know…
So it’s coming up on that time of year again when I look into what I want to do investment wise or with the stock market and lots of times, my research brings me to one of the weirdest things I’ve found yet. The Forex market is the global market for trading currencies (which, quite honestly,…
No, really… can you? Because I am totally not sure what to do here and I’ve noticed it’s become a trend among the late twenty/thirty something bloggers – medium term financial goals. Retirement is an easy one for me – it’s ages away and the stock market is clearly the way to go. It will…
Occasionally I overhear things that make me cringe – or make me remember why I write this blog. The first day of rehearsals at my new job, I was busy setting up my rehearsal room and checking some final things while the cast were sitting around chatting. The conversation to turned to saving and investing…
Maybe you’ve found 529 Savings Plans aren’t for you. Maybe you’re uncomfortable about earmarking all that money as “college only,” because maybe your kid is not college bound (and really, that’s not the end of the world – check out this great article on trade schools). Maybe you live in a state with no income…
Wallstreetsurvivor.com – my new favorite toy. It gives you $100,000 to “play” the stock market. You invest in what you want and watch it grow – or not. So far, I am not doing great. I researched a few stocks in two markets I was curious about – one was value/discount chains (I read an…