Archive for the ‘Investing’ Category
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Why the Google Admob Acquisition is Important to Me
Earlier this week Google made a $750 Million purchase of Admob a company specializing in mobile advertising. It surprised the market in two ways. It was Google’s 3rd largest acquisition (behind DoubleClick and YouTube) ever. The mobile advertising industry is fairly small at this time. However, Google is moving into [...]
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Three Ways To Get Free Stock Trades
[Below is a guest post from Bullishness.com. More information about the author and Bullishness are at the end of the article.
Many of you probably know about how Zecco offers free stock trades, but did you know Zecco isn't the only online stock broker that does this? If you're an investor with a [...] -
Lending Club Update – September 2009
I almost forgot to update you on my Lending Club account. I’ve been opening that up for all to see:
Last month, I had expected payments of $71.21 coming in. This month I have $74.47. A key word there is “expected.” It’s not a guarantee, but it is fairly diversified. [...]
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How To Be A Smart Investor In Any Investment Environment
[I've been a little backed up with my busy schedule of floating in the ocean and hotel pool in Aruba. Oh, and it's not like the steak here is going to eat itself. So while I get back to that, enjoy this guest post from fellow Money Writer, The Digerati Life.]
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Why Dollar Cost Averaging Sometimes Works?
I was reading about Dollar Cost Averaging over on The Digerati Life this morning and found something immediately interesting. The articles makes a good point that if you were to look at how our stock market has performed in the last year, you’d likely have some good gains with dollar cost averaging. [...]
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Get a Free $50 for Opening a 529 Educational Plan
Every now and again Ohio’s 529 Plan, CollegeAdvantage, offers a nice bonus program to bring in new customers. If you have kids opening a 529 plan is smart money management. If you are like me and only have nieces and nephews it is a great gift to give. Getting started with [...]
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Free $25 for Signing up for a 529 College Savings Plan
Two years ago, I decided I wanted to give my newly-born nephew a little extra cash for schooling when he gets older. My research lead me to the 529 plan, a tax-advantaged investment to help with future higher education (typically college). Unfortunately California isn’t a state where I get a tax break [...]
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Investing in… Websites?
Every now and again, traffic growth on Lazy Man and Money hits a plateau. I’m not overly concerned about that for two reasons:
I rarely try to write for traffic. Okay, every now and again I try to write a sensational title for fun and amusement. However, in general I write [...]
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Money’s 7 New Rules of Financial Security (Part 2)
I’m reviewing Money Magazine’s 7 New Rules of Financial Security. You can read Part 1 here.
Rule No. 4: BorrowingOld thinking: Borrowing sensibly is a good way to build wealth.
New rule: Borrow cautiously. You have to worry about the other guy’s debt too.Money Summary: Credit was cheap and plentiful like food at [...]
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Money’s 7 New Rules of Financial Security (Part 1)
Money Magazine’s big headline this month is the 7 New Rules of Financial Security… and Why You Need to Know Them. I have to admit it’s a pretty sweet headline – it certainly caught my eye. I flipped right to page 50 to see what I needed to know why. With that [...]
