Category: Investing

How Do I Calculate How Much I Need To Retire At 50? 55? 60?

Do you know how much you need to retire? Or how to calculate how much you need for retirement? If you answered no, there’s no need to worry. You are similar to most people and that’s okay. After reading this article, you will not only know how much you approximately need when you retire but…
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Wealthfront Online Banking Is It Worth Switching To? – A Simple Guide

Earlier this year I opened up a Wealthfront account. It was my first online robo-advisor account of this type so I didn’t know what to expect. After some time using the product and all of its offerings I can happily say it’s amazing. When people hear robo-advisor they tend to get a little freaked out.…
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Online, High Yield Savings Account and Banking – Pros and Cons

Over the last couple of years, more and more online savings accounts have been popping up. These used to be something people had never seen before and the benefits they offered people were great, almost too great. With these benefits came obvious criticism. How can they offer such high-interest rates? I don’t trust my money…
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How To Invest As a Teenager or College Student – The Easy Way

You’re young and you’ve decided that you want to start investing but can you as a teenager or college student? Of course, you can and I’m here to help. You see, I was once in your shoes. I can remember vividly being a 16-year old wanting to get started investing as fast as possible. Unfortunatley…
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Swing Trading – 5 Rules To Make You More Money Today!

Swing trading is a fun and exciting form of stock trading that I have been doing for the last 9 years. Swing trading and all trading for that matter are incredibly hard despite what some of the ‘gurus’ online tell you. Over the years I have lost a ton of money but at the end…
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Why I Stopped Swing Trading – Stock Trading Made Simple

I have been trading stocks and swing trading for almost 10 years now and to say I enjoy it would be an understatement. I may enjoy the thrill too much some days. Trading individual stocks and understanding how to balance risk and reward is exciting to me. Stock trading is a form of gambling whether…
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How To Invest In Stocks, Mutual Funds, and Real Estate – My Personal Holdings

Recently I published An Investing Guide For Beginners and it received some great feedback (if you haven’t read it you should after you’re done here). Because of that, I want to take it a step farther and show you how to invest and exactly what I’m invested in. Yes, you read that right. I’m going…
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How To Start Investing Today – An Investing Guide For Beginners

Before you can start investing you need to get a few things sorted out. This is where most people close out the window because they think it is going to be hard or they can’t do it. I don’t want you to become one of those people so bear with me and give this article…
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Making Money Swing Trading: A Helpful Illustrated Guide

I’m going on my ninth year of swing trading and it has been such a wild ride. At first, I would just buy stocks of companies I knew, then I moved on to following the advice I got from CNBC. Now, many years later I have my own way of swing trading that has been…
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