Stock Market

You’ve almost certainly noticed the skyrocketing mentions of GameStop stock prices recently. It was a relatively inexpensive stock just months ago, before shooting up over 100x in value. It took Wall Street experts by complete surprise. Some savvy traders on WallStreetBets — a Reddit community for stock market enthusiasts — made millions, while big name […]

Everyone knows (or should know, at least) that we pay taxes on investments when we sell and money on them. Some of us also know that all our losses are deducted against our gains. In broad terms, there are tax consequences whenever we change our investment mix. What many don’t know, however, is that some […]

Finally! If there’s one thing I missed since the days of investing in mutual funds, it’s that I can specify how much, in exact dollar amounts, I want to invest. That’s because a few of the major brokerages started offering the ability to buy fractional shares. Charles Schwab even trademarked a fancy name for it […]

What a roller coaster of a year 2020 has been. It’s usually a mistake to believe that “this time is different,” whenever a crisis happens. However, this year is one that seriously challenges the accepted truth. Between an unprecedented pandemic and lock down, an election with major consequences, and an uncertain road to both Covid-19 […]