When you think of dividends, what are you thinking about? Are you thinking about the slow growers with moderate yields, growing companies paying out 1ish percent per year, or the ultra risky 10+% payers? I’ve thought about all three. And all three have an important place in both portfolio and…

Currency trading is another type of trading that is available to investors. Currency trading is essentially trading different types of currency to based on the current foreign exchange rate. This type of trading is based in pairs. While there are many different types of currency available, most of the trading…

We all need advice at different points in our lives. When it comes to investing this is no different. Investing for many people is very challenging as it is filled with jargon and with so much information that changes rapidly, it is hard for many to keep up. …

We all like to think that we are perfect rational and emotional humans who can do it all. We have faults and everything is perfect, if we have a set back we have to have the perfect come back. THAT IS WRONG! Everyone is far from perfect and we can…

When we look at motivation for any subject area in life there are 2 main sources of motivation: reward and punishment. These two motives are the drivers for just about every action we take. This affects everything from our personal finances to our day to day lives. First lets understand…

Volume is the number of shares that are being traded of a given asset over a set time period. Typically when you look up a ticker you will see the days trading volume. This is how many shares were traded during the day. Volume can also tell you about the…

We’ve all heard the expression that if you love what you do you’ll never work a day in your life. Or, that if you follow your passion you will find the career that you love. In reality while there are many instances of people finding their professional loves by following…

When it comes to investing there are many strategies out there for investors to utilize, and each has there own strength. One of the primary comparisons that are used by many investors is the comparison against index returns especially the S and P 500. Comparisons like this are to measure…

When you are ready to buy a stock, you will log into your brokerage account and search for the stock you want to buy. You’ll notice a chart that shows the variation in price over time and a smaller section showing the day range. You may be thinking to yourself…