Watching the election, a graphic came up on screen about the amount of money certain tech companies have given the Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Usually, Presidential candidates who receive large sums of money from companies tend to keep an eye out for the best interests of t...

Have you ever seen the section in the newspaper with a ton of little writing and decimals that tell you the closing price of stock, amount of shares and plenty of other useful information? Were you completely lost? Here’s a breakdown of the columns you might come across in the investing sectio...

Depending on how much the dividend paid is relative to the share price, your return on investment may be higher or lower day-to-day. For example, if the share price increases by the dividend that is actually paid stays the same, the dividend yield drops slightly. Usually, companies that pay dividend...

Before I started to learn about investing in the stock market, I always heard the term mutual funds. I never really knew what it was, so I thought it worthy enough for a post to inform you about them. Well, you probably already know that stocks are a direct ownership in a publicly held company. Mutu...

So, you’ve all undoubtedly heard about the recession we’ve gotten ourselves into. Unfortunately, even though you probably don’t have a home mortgage, or have thousands of dollars in one of the investment banks that went under, you’re still going to run into credit problems p...

So, you’ve FINALLY saved some money up, and now you want to see it grow. One of the things that I wish I would have realized a long time ago is that while it IS important how hard you work, its even MORE important how hard you make you money work FOR you! While the stock market can be very be...

Interest rates have always been a way for someone to make money without lifting a finger… except for signing that deposit slip at the bank. Interest can either work to your advantage, or someone elses advantage. Remember, one person’s advantage is another person’s disadvantage. Int...

While the three main contenders for President (Clinton, Obama, McCain) have consistently spewed rhetoric onto our televisions, radios, and into our ears the past several months regarding Iraq, healthcare, Social Security, and immigration, these are not the issues that matter to American voters. The...