If you are dealing with money problems, your struggles are shared by many. Usually during their lifetime, people face at least on phase when money is tight. Even those who would be considered financially comfortable sometimes realize their spending is ...

In my first article on bonds for beginners, I let you know that a bond is a contract that involves paying money with interest back at set times. The issuer of the bond would be considered the borrower, the bond holder would be considered the lender, an...

In part one of this series, I spoke about some of the pros and cons of mutual funds. I let you know that there are a number of expenses that come with investing in a mutual fund, including the high price of management fees and brokerage fees that come ...

If you were paying attention in your economics class, you might have heard the phrase "stocks and bonds" thrown around a few times. Stocks and bonds are both securities (a security is a negotiable "instrument" that represents financial value), and thus...

In parts one through three of my beginner's course on stocks, I wrote that the stock of the company was the original amount of capital that went into founding it. I said that businesses divide stocks into shares, which can be bought or sold to sharehol...