Stocks

Stock vs. Stock Piling: Are Tangible Investments Better?

February 2, 2012

(Guest Post by Kelsey Libert) When you start to invest beyond having a savings account and a good insurance, you run into a multitude of choices. This is where a lot of people freeze up, and either don’t do anything or just do the first thing that pops into their head. There are literally thousands [...]

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The Whopper vs. The Big Mac

November 17, 2011

Good Morning DINKS. It’s time for another post in our Stock Market Showdown series.  Our Stock Market Showdown series discusses buying stocks based on personal preferences and a little bit of financial information.  If we don’t have time to research company information and performance history, we may buy stocks in our investment portfolio based on [...]

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Job Cuts or the Loss of Jobs? RIM vs. Apple

September 29, 2011

Good Morning DINKS. It’s time for the next post in our Stock Market Showdown series.  Today we are discussing  a topic that may be an ongoing battle between friends, co-workers, relatives and people of all kinds.  Today we are discussing the choice to own either a Blackberry or an iPhone, and the choice to buy [...]

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Blow It, Extract It, Drill It.

August 4, 2011

People who invest in the stock market may be looking for secure investments that provide a steady fixed income on a monthly basis. Some other investors may be looking for their portfolio to grow over the short or long term.  As a Financial Advisor I definitely don’t support investing for the short term and trying [...]

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Friday Roundup: Investing, Stocks, and The Stock Market

July 22, 2011

Happy Friday DINKS.  This week we surfed the Net and explored Twitter to bring you some great posts about Investing, Stocks, and The Stock Market.  Investing, and especially Investing in the Stock Market, is a very personal decision. Some of us may invest in Stocks because it gives us direct access to shares of companies [...]

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How To Buy a Good Stock!

July 7, 2011

Any good investment portfolio should be well balanced and well diversified.  This includes purchasing stocks either directly through an Online Brokerage Account or indirectly through Mutual Funds.  Before we decided to buy an individual stock or a Mutual Fund that holds stocks, we should definitely research both the stock performance as well as the company [...]

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It Keeps Going and Going…Or Does It?

June 29, 2011

Good Morning DINKS! It’s time for another post in our Stock Market Showdown series.  We will examine two companies that offer very similar products and who appear to be each other’s direct competition. After reading about the different companies history and product line up we have to make a decision which stock to buy. Investing [...]

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What are you watching?: The World’s Major Stock Indexes Explained.

June 14, 2011

With the ever growing trend of investing in Foreign Markets and Emerging Markets it is important for investors to understand the different Stock Indexes around the world.  A  Stock Index is a measure of the changes in an economy or securities market.  A Stock market represents the daily change in a securities market or economy [...]

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Get a Discount on Your Investments

May 5, 2011

Some of us invest in Real Estate and some of invest in Mutual Funds.  However, some of us DINKS love to buy individual Stocks of small companies and big corporations.  If you like to research, trade, buy and sell your own investments then it is a smart financial idea to open a Discount Brokerage Account. [...]

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The Financial Taste Test: Coke vs. Pepsi

April 26, 2011

Good Morning DINKS.  Today we are going to discuss two of the biggest beverage brands in the world, and determine if your personal preference is the same as your financial taste.  Finance is personal, which means that it is an individual choice for everyone.  Do you separate your financial life from your personal life?  We [...]

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