This is exactly what I asked myself this morning. While perusing my IRA account, I came across a lot of red next to my Caterpillar covered call. Take a look. Red is usually bad. There’s a lot here, so let’s break it down. At some point in the past (we’ll get to that in a […]
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I don’t like Bitcoin and I’ve often recommended that readers stay away and go with a nice low-cost S&P 500 fund instead. And if you really feel the need to own some, keep the position to a very small percentage of your investable assets. But I also realize that I’m wrong sometimes and Bitcoin is
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So what exactly is a stock split? It’s pretty simple. A company reduces the price of its stock, while simultaneously increasing the number of shares that each shareholder holds. Pizza Lots of experts like to use the pizza example. The pizza represents the company. Pre-stock-split, I have a pizza cut into 4 large slices. Each
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Back in March, I wrote a post where I decided to back up my love for the S&P 500 with real money. You can read the post here. I did this for 3 reasons: That said, investing in equities is scary. Everyone has their own story but mine is pretty simple. My Story I have
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Today’s stock news on CNBC is quite a mixed bag. First thing we notice is how concerned our professional trader is. Look at the tension. He looks worried. We should be too. The S&P 500 futures are down (so are the Dow and the NASDAQ). He’s right to be worried. And he’s worried about tech
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After yesterday’s post on how to begin using our 401k, I started to think more about choosing investments. For many of us, the first question when choosing an investment is “is it safe?“ What Does Safe Mean to You? I’m serious. Safe can mean different things to different people and it can mean different things
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Congratulations! You have a new job. At some point early on at our new company, we’re invited to a new hire orientation session where one of the key topics is benefits. One of the best benefits that is often not given enough focus in these sessions is the 401k plan. Today we’ll go through the
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I’ll ruin the surprise and tell you right now that they’re not. As much as we’ve seen Nvidia’s price sky-rocket in the past few years, I can’t tell you if it will be worth more next week than today. Some folks were pretty happy with airline stocks. And then 9/11 happened. We really don’t know.
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So, I read this today in a very informative post on clark.com. The post is called Clark and I are on the same page. I had a similar thought in Why is The Market Going Up? Clark did a nice job of explaining what overvalued means and giving some commentary that is a bit more
We all want to be part of the next big thing. In the 90s it was internet stocks. Today it’s AI. But how do we get in early? How do we spot the opportunity before it becomes (here’s the dreaded term…) overbought? Investing v. Gambling It’s important to understand the distinction. Let’s look at an
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