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...

As a recent High School graduate, I have survived the insanity known as application season. As October ends and November starts, many college and scholarship applications come due, and many students are scrambling to start, finish or refine their writing. Out of all of the essays that students do du...

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...

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...

Generally, college students are poor. It’s not your fault, I swear. I remember during my first two years of undergrad, I tried to keep up with all of my friends. I bought Chipotle almost everyday (double meat, carnitas and chicken), ran up bar tabs and didn’t even care to look at how ...

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...