Investing can be confusing. There are a lot of terms and phrases that are thrown around out there by financial experts. Let me explain one of them. Market cap. What is Market Cap Used For? Market cap (also called market capitalization) is for a few different reasons. However, the most Read more…
Investing can seem really daunting. There are sooooo many different things to consider. And sadly, financial professionals have a habit of using ten-dollar words and speaking over the heads of their audiences in order to make themselves sound smarter than they probably are. But not here. Let me explain (in Read more…
The S&P 500 is one of the most common financial benchmarks that there is. However, unless you are familiar with financial jargon and vernacular, it might seem like something you couldn’t care less about. But let me explain why you would know what it is and why you should care Read more…
What is common stock? What does it mean when someone says that they bought common stock or own common stock? Before I started learning about finance and investing I had no idea. You may very well be in the same boat. No worries. Thisis not an extremely difficult concept but Read more…
Stocks and investing. That’s why you’re here, right? To find out what a stock is exactly? Please don’t be embarrassed if you don’t know exactly what stocks are. You should never be embarrassed of where you are in your life at the current moment. Just work to move forward, gain Read more…
Retirement. It’s something that most of us don’t think we need to worry about until we get older. Retirement is also something that most of us don’t think we can worry about right now. After all, we have student loans, expensive healthcare costs, rising housing prices, kid’s college, aging parents, Read more…