Archive for Investing
I am always a bit curious when I read a cover story headline like the one on Kiplinger Magazine this month. It says 18 Ways To Earn 5% or More On Your Money. A lot of readers will make an assumption that goes along with that headline that they are talking about low-risk investments or no-risk savings products. After all, it doesn’t take a degree in advanced personal finance to know that there... Read more→
Yahoo Buys Associated Content
CommentsIn addition to writing this blog for fun and profit, I am also a professional financial freelance writer, as well as a freelance technology writer, among other things. So it is not without some professional writing background that I read with shock the financial news that Yahoo is acquiring Associated Content for “slightly more than $100 million.” Ostensibly, Yahoo buying Associated Content... Read more→
If you have money in a 529 plan to save for college, good for you. 529 plans represent one of the best vehicles for educational savings, and with the cost of tuition skyrocketing faster than anyone can keep up with, they also represent the middle class’ only hope of paying for even 1/2 of a college education in the future. When 529 plans were created, lawmakers attempted to correct some... Read more→
Sell Banks Stocks or Buy Bank Stocks
CommentsOk, here it comes. After the government released the results of its stress tests, banks are scrambling to come up with ways to raise huge amounts. It seems that the government money that was a much vaunted and absolutely necessary lifeline to banks has become tainted now that it comes with, horror of horror, strings on how the money can be spent. As if the banks ever handed out a huge... Read more→
