How To Open An Investment Account

How To Open a Tradeking trading account

When you open an investment account for the first time it can certainly seem a little overwhelming.  The financial industry is a highly regulated industry and there are many hurdles to jump through.  Not too worry because in this post we will walk through some of the basics together. Investment Broker Darla and I use [...]

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Has The Santa Rally Come And Gone?

A man dressed as Santa Claus walks the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

It’s been a crazy week in the stock market! We had a 7% jump in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), 7.39% for the S&P 500 and 7.59% for the NASDAQ. The question on everyone’s mind is, “Was this the Santa rally?” Frankly I think we may have room for some more upward momentum but [...]

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The 30 Year Treasury Bond vs Dividend Paying Stocks

Stocks

Today’s issue by the US Treasury of 30 year Long Bonds met with higher than expected demand and the yield came out today at around 3.3% with a bid to cover ratio of 2.85.  Bond offerings like this show that the Market is still full of fear and has a significant bias against risk.  One [...]

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How To Make Money When Everything Is Wrong

Stock Crash

Intel has earned 21.4% return since the beginning of the year in a slow moving sluggish industry and amidst all the chaos that has hit the financial markets this year between US Deficits and Europe’s Sovereign Debt Crisis.  Compare that to the returns on the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones Industrial Average which have [...]

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