Investing

OneShare.com Review | Stocks as a Gift

by Glen Craig

Ever get stuck looking for the perfect gift?  You know the person doesn’t need another “thing” and a gift-card seems too impersonal.  How about giving a stock certificate?  OneShare.com enables you to give the gift of a stock certificate for that special someone.  What’s cooler than buying someone a piece of a company they love? [...]

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Should You Use Your Credit Card to Buy Gold or Silver?

by Glen Craig

Gold and silver prices have been on the increase for many months and this is no surprise to Gerald Celente, the CEO of Trends Research Institute, business consultant and publisher of the Trends Journal. This “Trends Expert” stated that gold and silver prices would continuously increase almost two years ago.  As CNN Headline News stated, [...]

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Investing VS Speculating: The Difference Between Building Wealth and Gambling

by Glen Craig

How do we know when we’re investing—or speculating but thinking we’re investing? It’s not always obvious. One of the factors that can make it difficult to know the difference between investing and speculating is that both produce gains and losses.   Some sound investment strategies can turn losses for a few years, while speculating rakes [...]

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How to use a Stock Screener and Build Your Dividend Stock Analysis Template

by Guest

As a dividend investor myself, I’m always looking for my next trade. In order to find the right stock to buy, I use a free stock screener and I complete my analysis with my dividend stock analysis template.  I wanted to share both tools so you can improve your stock research and build a strong [...]

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Lending Club Passes Quarter Billion Lending Mark – and Offers Cash Bonuses

by Glen Craig

Lending Club, the peer-to-peer lending service, just recently passed the quarter billion mark in loan originations (that’s like A-Rod contract money!). In April alone Lending Club originated $17.5 million in loans. From Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche: “The inefficiencies of the traditional lending market have driven more and more people to the Lending Club platform.  [...]

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ShareBuilder Now ING DIRECT Investing, a Redesigned Site, and a Bonus!

by Glen Craig

ShareBuilder has undergone a facelift! Not only has their parent company, ING DIRECT, redesigned the site to make it easier to use, they have also renamed it – ING DIRECT Investing. It’s still the same awesome site it’s been when it was created over 10 years ago.  Their goal has remained the same: Bring Wall [...]

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IRA Maximum Contribution Limits – Roth and Traditional

by Glen Craig

An IRA can be a great tool to help you save for retirement and the traditional and Roth both have interesting tax advantages. But the amount you can contribute every year is limited.  The Federal government imposes limits as to how much money can be contributed to both the Roth IRA and the traditional IRA [...]

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Betterment $25 Signup Bonus – Start Investing Smart and Simple

by Glen Craig

In my Betterment review I talked about how they make investing easy for someone who wants to start investing but doesn’t know where to start. Now they are adding a cool incentive to their program: Get a $25 account bonus when a user opens up a Betterment account! In order to qualify for the bonus [...]

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Prosper $104 Bonus for New Lenders – Limited Opportunity!

by Glen Craig

Prosper, peer-to-peer lending, is looking to attract new lenders into their program. As an incentive for signing up they are offering up a $104 bonus so you, as a new lender, have some extra green to start investing. In order to take advantage of the deal you have to be one of the first 200 [...]

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Brokers Should be Legally Liable to Act in the Best Interest of Their Customers

by Guest

A little while back the S.E.C. recommended that stock brokers be required to act as fiduciaries. This would mean they would have to act in the best interest of their customers.  The New York Times reviewed the salient issues on their Bucks Blog. We think this is a no-brainer: OF COURSE brokers should act in the [...]

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