The Importance of Understanding a Stock Index… This concept is more important than ever, so I wanted to update this post I wrote a few years back, and make a video showing you how easy it is to look up the performance of the s&p500 stock index. Do you ever miss the forest for the […]
Let’s Keep Things Simple
Recently I wrote a post with 6 tips for getting good investment advice from financial experts and media. For every financial expert opinion, there’s an opposite opinion, commonly within the same business news segment. This can be very confusing, even to someone who is proactive with her personal finances. The first tip I shared is […]
Feast or Famine?
The annual fig feast is one of my favorite things about going to see my mom. I have wonderful memories of picking hundreds of figs with my sons when they were young, and then making fig preserves. This week while visiting Mom in Mississippi, I was more than a little disappointed about the fig crop. […]
Tips from Vanguard on Bubbles (NOT the fun kind!)
Vanguard published a great article on investment bubbles. As a provider of financial education, I constantly hear from women that they have fear around losing their money. Research shows that financial security is a top priority when it comes to women and investing; not that we need the research to know that, right, girlfriends? Understanding […]
It’s Not Realized Until You Realize It!
The Short & Simple Investing Lesson this week is about more investing lingo. While realized and unrealized gains and losses are not investment performance terms, they are common related terms that you will hear in becoming involved with your money. It is important to be aware of the difference between the two. A realized gain […]