Financial Zip

I bet you thought this post was going to be about happiness and sunshine well, sort of. I will just say that my outlook on things is pretty sunny this includes the current conditions on Wall Street. Everyone is saying the sky is falling. The sky is falling. It’s getting dark, but [...]

If you want to trade in the financial markets you have to understand the markets that exist. Here are the 3 that are most well known: The NYSE, AMEX and the NASDAQ. These are actual physical places, except for the NASDAQ, that have traders that trade the stocks of the day.

NYSE
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It is important to understand that in the world we live in that our employers offer no long term security to ensure we have a long and prosperous retirement. It’s more like thanks for all you have done, but we have to cut costs. There goes your retirement. These days’ retirement plans have to [...]

The words that come to most peoples minds when they hear the word options is speculative, risky, and complex. So far; true, true, true, IF and that is a big IF you don’t understand them. Most people who get into these have no idea how the work. Therefore they shoot [...]

When we spend money on something is it because we need it or do we just want it. Most everyone at some point or another will buy something because they really want it. Back in 1997 my friend introduced me to snowboarding. He took me to a snowboard shop and I really [...]