2008 January | Personal Finance Questions and Answers for Young Professionals

What are ETF’s and how do they work?

30. January 2008

“What are ETF’s? ” is a question I hear all the time from my friends. What are Exchange-Traded Funds? At the most basic level, ETFs are just what their name implies: baskets of securities that are traded, like individual stocks, on an exchange (all available offerings currently trade on the American Stock Exchange). Unlike regular open-end mutual [...]

Discover Open Road – Update: New Terms*

25. January 2008

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Where’s the best place to plant your money?

24. January 2008

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I saw this article in USAToday and thought people may enoy it. I would be the “Don’t Cry; Buy” person here. Anyone has an opinion? http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/basics/2008-01-23-investors-advice_N.htm?csp=34 The stock market has shed $2.2 trillion in value this year, and the odds are good that part of that $2.2 trillion was yours. The big question now is: What should I do? [...]

What is the best time to trade?

24. January 2008

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Buying Mutual funds or making trades, what is the best time of day to buy or sell?

For all you ‘Eternal Optimists’ out there…

24. January 2008

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Keep an eye on todays Existing Home Sales figure out at 10am. If the housing market shows any signs of stabilization, this rally could get some legs. Jobless Claims came in pretty good this morning but it’s a weekly number and traders don’t focus so much on that. Some technical pivot points to keep an eye [...]

POLL QUESTION: What level does the DOW need to go BELOW for you to worry?

23. January 2008

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For me, it was 12,000

Black Tuesday Aborted, Now What?

23. January 2008

8 Comments

It’s just never happened before, it’s completely unprecedented. No doubt if the FED had made the same move on October 19, of 1987, or on October 24, 1929we would have avoided those one day meltdowns as well. There is little doubt that yesterday was going to match those days as one of the worst in [...]

Have you been to California?

23. January 2008

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I am planning to go to LA or San Diego in March. I’m looking for any suggestions on where to go or where to stay. Thanks!

Whitewash

22. January 2008

12 Comments

It’s 7:54am and I am telling you that today will end as one of the worst days ever in the history of the markets. The dow benig down 500 points is a conservative estimate. No matter how much I scream that things are bad, it is going to take days liek this until people actually [...]

503B Inquiry

19. January 2008

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I researched ways to pay off my college loan. In my research I found a college savings vehicle called a 503B. What is it? How does it work? Will it help me?

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Personal Finance Questions and Answers for Young Professionals

Archive | January, 2008

What are ETF’s and how do they work?

Discover Open Road – Update: New Terms*

Where’s the best place to plant your money?

What is the best time to trade?

For all you ‘Eternal Optimists’ out there…

POLL QUESTION: What level does the DOW need to go BELOW for you to worry?

Black Tuesday Aborted, Now What?

Have you been to California?

Whitewash

503B Inquiry

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