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How to Teach Your Children to Invest in the Stock Market

February 13, 2015 by Laura Blodgett 3 Comments

How to Teach Your Children to Invest in the Stock Market

I have recently had the pleasure of setting up custodial stock market accounts for grandchildren. I knew this could be done because we learned about it when setting up stock market accounts for our (still at that time) minor children. I was also inspired to do it because my dear mother-in-law bought savings certificates for […]

Helpless Female Explores Google Spread Sheets, Fast Graphs, and Short Ratios for the Stock Market Diaries

February 5, 2015 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

Helpless Female Explores Google Spread Sheets, Fast Graphs, and Short Ratios for the Stock Market Diaries

Helping to do research for and suggest actions on our stock market investments can make me feel really smart and really dumb all at the same time. I will feel pleased that I finally understand how to glance at the company summary and key statistics at Yahoo! Finance, and know certain things. Then, I will […]

What Are Dividends and Why Do They Matter

March 13, 2014 by Dennis Davidson Leave a Comment

Let’s do ‘Dividends 101’ first, just in case there are some who are wondering ‘what exactly are dividends?’ A dividend is a distribution of real money that is made by a company to the owners of shares of common stock of that company. The company makes sure that you, because you have an ownership stake […]

A Simple Exercise to Keep Stock Market News Articles in Perspective

February 6, 2014 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

When I was recently skimming a number of articles about companies on the stock market that we were evaluating, I happened on one about the company that my husband works for. I knew that he had enough exposure to company management to be able to tell me if he agreed with the stock analyst’s conclusions. […]

How to Become Financially Independent: The Do It Yourself Approach

January 23, 2014 by Dennis Davidson 2 Comments

I suppose I was born with an active Do It Yourself (DIY) gene. Somehow the urge to innovate and do things for myself has always been a significant motivator for me. Being thus motivated, my habitual approach to things has been to decide if I am up to the task. Do I have the competencies […]

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