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Investing Tips
Did you come into some money lately? Well if your answer is like mine – no – then the bigger question is what hell are you doing wasting your money?
Instead of spending $5-10 on cover at bars, $3 per beer x 5, going out 2-3 nights a week – take that $30-50 a week and invest it in a mutual fund. Trust me you won’t regret your decision in the long run.
Don’t know what to invest in? Check out CNN Money’s Top 50 Mutual Funds.
Not sure which broker to try? Well there are advantages and disadvantages to large and small firms. Becareful of “hidden” fees like inactivity fees ontop of trading fees. But large fund only companies (like Vanguard) do not charge exorbitant amounts and allow you to purchase their own funds free of trading fees.
My suggestions for fund/brokerage firms:
Vanguard – Funds
Scottrade – Brokerage
Fidelity – Funds
Charles Schwab – Brokerage
Feel free to send me an email if you have any questions. Keep in mind I’m not a Securities Professional and any suggestions I make are purely subjective.
Posted on Saturday, 8th Oct, 2005
Free Credit Reports (no gimmics)
RE-POST
By Government Law:
Each of the 3 credit bureaus must provide, annually, a free copy of your credit report.
To obtain these reports, you must visit www.annualcreditreport.com. From there, and only there, you will be able to obtain free (no strings attached) credit reports.
More can be found in this NY Times article. (If you don’t have a login, visit bugmenot.com, a previous thehua.com article)
Posted on Tuesday, 1st Mar, 2005
Beginning Investing
For those who are just beginning to invest, you probably feel overwhelmed by the numerous methods and ideologies floating around. You can be the traditional stock investor or you can be an options trader or even a call expert. But to be truthful when you think about investing you think of one thing: stocks.
I too feel the best way to start investing (other than big funds) is to trade stocks. Forget about everything else and let’s focus on these securities.
Now even if we only limit to talking about stocks, there’s a whole world of ways to trade it. Are you familiar with all these methods? I know I sure wasn’t when I first began. I asked myself what the hell are limit orders? Market day order?… What do they all mean? In fact I even said oh screw it, I don’t care, I just want to flat out trade stocks to make money. Well to be truthful, you should care. Learning about all these methods can in fact save you money or make you even richer (maybe not monetary but at least knowledgwise).
Read this Fool.com article about these various methods. Spend a few minutes to enrich your investing knowledge.
Posted on Tuesday, 17th Aug, 2004
Whacking off Google
Google might be forced to delay its highly anticipated IPO. In a twist Scarlett Keegan, aka Miss September, might become one of the most highly sought after centerfolds as her coveted September issue of Playboy contains a 9 page long interview with Google CEOs Larry Page and Sergey Brin, causing this huge controversy. Will SEC delay Google’s IPO?
One thing’s for sure, this creates an ample opportunity for funny article titles.
“Google in the Buff
Private Parts in Public Places
Airbrushing Google’s Curves
Miss IPO
Google Talks Dirty
Knights in Plight’s Satin
Google’s Center Folds”
Posted on Friday, 13th Aug, 2004