Who Owns America’s Wealth?
This short clip displays the distribution of wealth throughout the US population. Who do you think owns more wealth, the top 1% of the population or the bottom 90%?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VHNXTBwj80
Tulip Mania and the Stock Market
Is a tulip bulb worth $76,000? It is if people are willing to pay that much for it and that’s exactly what happened in Holland in the 1630’s. If it sounds unbelievable, you may have never heard of Tulip Mania. The story began in 1559 when Conrad Guestner brought the first tulip bulbs [...]
The Dow Theory
The Dow theory has been around for almost 100 years, yet even in today’s volatile and technology-driven markets, the basic components of Dow theory still remain valid. Developed by Charles Dow, refined by William Hamilton and articulated by Robert Rhea, the Dow theory addresses not only technical analysis and price action, but also [...]
Settlement Capital Corporation - Review*
Settlement Capital Corporation is a specialty financing company that provides liquidity to owners and holders of periodic payments resulting from structured settlements, annuities, legal judgments, lottery winnings, individually owned annuities, royalties, government and commercial contracts and other secured future payment obligations.
Profiles in Personal Finance: John D. Rockefeller
I thought it might be interesting from time to time to learn about and profile some of the most interesting and influential characters in the world of money. Who better to begin with than the man considered to be the richest man of all time, John D. Rockefeller.
John Davison Rockefeller, Sr. was an American industrialist [...]
OptionMentoring.com - Review*
Many people may have heard of options and have seen that they can trade them in their online account, but, most people don’t really understand options and could use an options trading mentor.
An option is a contract to buy or sell a specific financial product officially known as the option’s underlying instrument or underlying interest. [...]
The Effects of a Stock Split
The company I work for and invest a small amount in through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan has recently announced that they would be executing a 2-for-1 stock split. A stock split is simply the dividing of a company’s existing stock into multiple shares. A stock split is usually a good indicator that a [...]
May 2007 Net Worth Snapshot
May was a super expensive month for us, but our net worth was bailed out by another strong month for the stock market which keeps setting new records.
