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TwitterThree Ways to Invest in Yourself Right Now
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin Do you invest money in yourself? Do you believe in spending money to improve your quality of life? I personally think the best way to invest money in your 20s is into education. There are many foolish ways to squander your money. There are [...]
LinkedIn Price – Am I Missing Something?
I don’t know about anybody else, but I have a hard time rationalizing LinkedIn’s price right now. I get that this is the first big social media company to the market, but the numbers I am about to discuss just don’t match with reality. LinkedIn closed the week with a price of $93.09. That is [...]
Week in Review April 3rd – April 9th
For the most part, economic news was mixed this week. Additionally, there was not a lot of movement in the market early in the week. However, by the end of the week, the S&P 500 was down 0.32%. Right now, I think the biggest concern for most consumers is the price of oil. I will [...]
Week in Review March 27th – April 2nd
Economic news was pretty good this week and the S&P 500 increased by 1.42%. A few weeks back, I wrote that I thought oil could reach $115 in the short term before correcting (Oil – How High Will It Go?). In the long term, oil is going to increase in price because of less supply [...]
Week in Review March 20th – 26th
Despite poor economic data from the U.S. and continued unrest in the Middle East, the markets pulled ahead this past week. The S&P 500 was up 2.7% for the week. Let’s take a look at some of the key news from the week. The University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey came in at 67.5, down [...]
How to Start Investing in Your 20s
A lot of young adults in their 20s are not sure how to start investing in the market. Many young adults just don’t understand the market and think it is too complicated and not worth their time. I too went through the phase of not knowing how to get started in the market and want [...]
Tough Week for Apple Stock
If you read my Week in Review – March 13th edition, you saw that Apple had a very tough week dropping by 6.06% for the week compared the S&P dropping 1.92%. I believe there are three main reasons for the drop this week: Alex Guana from JPM Securities downgraded Apple to “market perform” from “market [...]
Week in Review for March 13th – 19th
It was a tough week for the markets as investors were still nervous from the potential nuclear disaster in Japan. Let’s look at some key news from the week: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported a 22.5% drop in housing starts for February. The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate [...]
Investment Series – Urban Outfitters (URBN)
The second investment I will be discussing in my investment series is Urban Outfitters (URBN). Urban Outfitters is a retail store that operates four brands: Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, and Terrain. According to the company, the Urban Outfitters brand targets young adults ranging from 18 to 30 years old; the Anthropologie brand targets sophisticated [...]
Value Averaging Explained
Value averaging is a strategy in which an investor selects a target growth rate to obtain during a specific time period (months, quarters, years) for the investment. If the investment fails to meet the target growth rate after the time period, the investor will then contribute money to the investment to bring it up to [...]
