Best Sources for Free Investing InformationContents Here are some tips about obtaining cheap or free info. Moderator’s note 3 September 2014: This list from 1997 is obviously showing its age, because internet sites now provide a deluge of free information, and fax-back services have disappeared! Still there are some useful suggestions here, hope you find
Companies listed on the various stock exchanges have long held analyst conferences to spread their message to the investment community. Often, sponsors such as Hambrecht and Quist have held conferences where investment professionals could hear many firms in several days. To accomodate those who couldn’t travel, the conference call allowed hundreds of analysts to hear
It is a common misconception that the terms “Saving” and “Investing” are synonymous with each other – the truth of the matter is that they are vastly different animals for vastly different purposes. Getting a hold of the difference between saving and investing is the key to managing your money. It will help you make
Lots of Americans haven’t made even a simple will, to say nothing of a more comprehensive plan to avoid probate or save on estate taxes. And even those who have thought about what should happen to their property when they eventually shuffle off to Nirvana haven’t updated their plan in many years. We’re not going
This article discusses the primary ways that financial planners are paid for their services, and illustrates the biases and conflicts of interest that invariably are present in each compensation scheme. List of Financial Planner Compensation PlansContents Hourly Rate Flat Rate Percent of assets under management paid annually Commissions on sales Let’s look at each compensation
Virtually anyone with moderate wealth or a decent income could benefit from the services of a financial planner. By a financial planner, I mean someone with the expertise to produce a comprehensive financial plan for an individual household. This plan should cover the household’s financial goals, budget, insurance and risk review, asset allocation, retirement plan,
One complaint I often hear is that an individual would like to invest but they do not have any money. Financial planning may help many people to overcome this lack of ability to save for investment. With proper planning perhaps you will be able to establish goals and save money to meet these goals. While
Every stock traded on the world’s stock exchanges is identified by a short symbol. For example, the symbol for AT&T is just T. These symbols date from the days when stock trades were reported on a ticker tape. Ticker symbols are still used today as brief, unambiguous identifiers for stocks. Similar abbreviations are used for
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the largest agency auction market in the United States. The NYSE uses an agency auction market system which is designed to allow the public to meet the public as much as possible. The majority of volume (approx 88%) occurs with no intervention from the dealer. Specialists (specs) make
NASDAQ is an abbreviation for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system. It is also commonly, and confusingly, called the OTC market. The NASDAQ market is an interdealer market represented by over 600 securities dealers trading more than 15,000 different issues. These dealers are called market makers (MMs). Unlike the New York Stock