My wife’s investment assets are about to be switched over to another brokerage firm. She’s always had an account at TD Ameritrade and when she changed jobs, we felt it was the natural choice to open a traditional IRA account there. When she called to checkup on the status of the transfer a week after […]
I followed my coworker a few days ago to a seminar hosted by his financial adviser about the economy and the stock market. Apart from the expected pitch about why their firm is solid and solvent, there were quite a few insightful and interesting comments about investing and what’s going on so I want to […]
We witnessed a very crazy day for the stock market yesterday. The DOW plunged 800 points only to come roaring back to close down 370 points. It was breathtaking for many of us because we were glued to our TV (and computer screen) as the stock market kept on going down but for some of […]
With the housing market in one of the biggest slump in decades, I’m contemplating the possibility of buying an investment property. Those who know me will probably think that I’m nuts because I don’t even own a primary residence but let me explain the reasons why I haven’t bought a house in more detail. Current […]
With the stock market struggling, it’s easy for us to think about not investing at all and keeping all our money in cash. I remember a year ago when personal finance bloggers all over the world were blogging about their success in the stock market, encouraging everyone to keep investing and talking about how stocks […]
One of the readers recently asked: I see that you do quite a bit of trading via E*trade and I think it would be pretty cool to have a post about how you went about making your first stock purchase. Naturally, I agreed to this because I would gladly share my experience with everyone. Let […]
