General Motors GM Chapt...

General Motors grew from a small company in 1908 into a corporate giant within a couple of decades. For years, people believed that GM was too big to ever go away. Investors had a lot of confidence in the company and many employees invested their life savings into it. Everyone realized...

Personal Finance Round-...

With this year’s tax deadline, you get three extra days to get everything finished. But if you haven’t started yet or if you’re not close to being done, you might want to consider filing a tax extension. As explained by Smart On Money in No Need To Rush. Get An...

What Is IRS Capital Gai...

Whether you’re new to the world of investing, or you’re thinking of selling stocks , bonds , or real estate you’ve had for some time, it is important to consider how you’ll be taxed on those items. Since you only pay taxes on the profit you make, it’s...

Price/Earnings to Growt...

Stocks go up in price for a number of reasons: a favorable news report, an entire sector rising, the appearance of undervaluation based on historical fundamental data, or trading by technical analysts based on bullish price and volume patterns. For a stock to sustain a steep price...

Kohl’s Charge Card Re...

When the first Kohl’s department store opened in my city, it failed to capture my attention.  They have very few signs outside, and it was years before I even knew what kind of store it was. Finally, curiosity got the best of me and I eventually decided to see what they had to...

CAN SLIM Stock Trading ...

With thousands of publicly traded companies to choose from, you may wonder how you can single out a handful of stocks that have the potential for significant capital gains. Many methods for picking stocks exist, from Warren Buffett’s value investing mentality to the Joseph...

How to Pick Winning Sto...

Playing and investing in the stock market is a gamble. But you can decrease and manage investment risk when you have a strategy that works, like Joseph Piotroski. The  American Association of Individual Investors tracks 63 separate stock picking strategies that include a mix of growth,...

Price Earnings P/E Rati...

If you’re new to investing, learning how to choose stocks and investing in the stock market can be overwhelming. Probably the largest mistake that young investors make is to look at the price of a stock as a measure of it’s worth. In fact, the price of a stock is virtually...

7 Benefits of Live Onli...

Dealing with customer service is the bane of my existence. If I could pay someone to do it for me I probably would. There are only so many ways to contact a company, and each one has severe drawbacks. When you try a telephone call, you risk spending valuable time navigating phone trees...

Dividend Stock Investin...

Many investors find themselves experiencing extreme emotional shifts in concert with the unpredictable rises and falls that come with stock market investing . Anxiety may hit like a ton of bricks when prices fall, while excitement sets hearts racing with exhilaration when they rise....