Questrade Review – Low Cost Investing For Canadians
There’s good news in the online investment brokerage front for Canadian citizens with Questrade. The company offers low cost investing in virtually every type of investment security.
Current Stock Broker Promotions
Thanks to various promotions, online discount stock brokers are always trying to entice new customers or lure them from existing brokers. I've listed the most popular current stock broker promotions below with links to our various promotion pages. When brokers update their offers, we'll update our webpage. And if you sign up to our mailing list below, we'll also send out an email notice too. We've linked to our webpage broker offers.
4 Compelling Reasons to Rethink Your Investing Goals
One of the keys to investing success is to set investing goals. However, there are times when you might want to rethink your investing goals. There’s no point in working toward investing goals that no longer meet your needs.
Here are 4 reasons it might be time to rethink your current investing goals:
9 Investment Advantages of Building Your Own Business
If you’re in a higher income occupation, you can make good money from working at a traditional job. But when it comes to making money for investment purposes, it’s hard to beat the advantages that come from having your own business.
2013 Investment Tax Rates
Now that a new year is underway, it’s time to start thinking about taxes, and what you can expect for 2013. Investors have some new taxes to think about — at least those investors who are considered “rich” have more investment taxes to think about.
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4 Compelling Reasons to Rethink Your Investing Goals
One of the keys to investing success is to set investing goals. However, there are times when you might want to rethink your investing goals. There’s no point in working toward investing goals that no longer meet your needs. Here are 4 reasons it might be time to rethink your current investing goals:
When Stock Markets Start Falling What’s the Best Investment Strategy?
With the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting an all-time high in the past three years, this doesn’t seem like the right time to contemplate what you would do in the event that stocks should start to fall.
Are Online Ventures the New Secret to Wealth?
So, here I was, 41 years old and now already retired from my financial planning practice of 16 years. Well, not technically “retired” yet, I don’t think that’ll ever happen. I’m not sure what the word even means.
Questrade Review – Low Cost Investing For Canadians
There’s good news in the online investment brokerage front for Canadian citizens with Questrade. The company offers low cost investing in virtually every type of investment security.
Weekend Reading for May 18, 2013
The IRS scandal promises to only get bigger in the coming weeks. Many can’t help but speculate that President Obama himself indirectly suggested that the IRS should investigate some of Romney’s largest donors as well as other conservative Republicans, though Obama denies any knowledge.
3 Ways Investing is Like Riding a Bike
In honor of National Bike Month, I thought it would be appropriate to compare how investing is like riding a bike. There are a lot of similarities between investing and riding a bike, and a few lessons you learn that can carry over to investing. Below are three ways investing is like riding a bike.
Current Stock Broker Promotions
Thanks to various promotions, online discount stock brokers are always trying to entice new customers or lure them from existing brokers. I've listed the most popular current stock broker promotions below with links to our various promotion pages. When brokers update their offers, we'll update our webpage. And if you sign up to our mailing [...]Recent Reviews
Capital One 360 Review – Get A $50 Signup Bonus
Last year, Capital One announced its intention to acquire ING Direct. ING is still a company, but its consumer banking operations in the United States are now owned by Capital One. As part of the re-branding effort, ING Direct is now Capital One 360.
Jemstep Review – Portfolio Manager Tool For Retail Investors
Jemstep is a web based service to help the do-it-yourself investor plan for retirement. With the recent move by many to dump their financial advisor, Jemstep targets a well needed niche. But the question is: Can Jemstep’s automated guidance replace a financial advisor?
YCharts Review – Alternative to Bloomberg Terminal?
YCharts is an up and coming data service that allows investors the opportunity to see key metrics for any stock with a variety of extremely attractive charts. In essence, YCharts is making a prettier, more user-friendly Yahoo or Google Finance while delivering hard-to-calculate data in a quick and easy format.
SigFig Review – Free Investment Advice
SigFig was developed by the same group who developed Wikinvest, and the company is a registered investment advisor. The service is similar to Personal Capital, but SigFig focuses only on investing while Personal Capital aggregates all financial institutions and not just brokerage accounts.
iBank Review – Is iBank 4 The Best Mac Personal Finance App?
What options are available for an Apple Macintosh user who wants to manage their personal finances? iBank 4 by IGG Software might be a possible solution.
ShareBuilder Review
ShareBuilder is one of the oldest online brokerage firms. One could say that ShareBuilder and I go way back. In fact, it was the first equity trading account that I ever opened in my investment career. I have since opened accounts for two of my three children. Since I have had a good bit of [...]
Pound Foolish Review – Exposing A Very One Sided Book
I just finished reading “Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry” by Helaine Olen. It’s supposed to be an exposé about the follies in the personal finance industry. Perhaps the real exposé is the author’s bias.
Betterment Review – Asset Allocation Made Simple
In this low interest rate environment most investors know parking your money in a bank CD is almost a surefire way to lose money against inflation. But what is someone to do? For the average individual, investing in the stock market can be complicated.
