Entries tagged "stocks"
Buy What You Buy - Series Kickoff
The Buy What You Buy series is a personal experiment where Matt makes stock purchases based on personal purchases his family makes for everyday life.
Many people have heard the numbers. If you had invested the 9 you spent in October 2001 for the 5GB iPod in Apple stock it would...
moreWorkhorse vs Racehorse
With the Facebook IPO looming we begin to get questions like “should we buy this” or statements like “I want some of that.” Well, first of all IPOs are not open to the public. The are usually for the underwriting bank to sell to its clients1. More importantly, however, this...
moreCongress Enjoys Different Investing Rules
You likely saw or heard about the 60 Minutes Episode detailing numerous examples of members of Congress seemingly participating in legal insider trading. On some occasions they were even betting against the market during 2008 by shorting stocks. Not surprisingly, a bill was presented back in 2007 that would have limited...
moreThe Market Playground
Let me preface this by saying that I am basing this post on nothing more than what I can logically determine through my own observations so take it for what it’s worth. The swings in the market that we have seen lately are....well crazy. Not just the daily swings either. The...
moreMarket Outlook - February 2011
Earnings season.It is upon us and kicking into full gear. This is where we get an idea of what to expect in the year ahead. Many of the big names (IBM, APPLE, GOOGLE, NETFLIX, JPMORGAN) have reported their earnings and are giving us a hint of where the overall economy...
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