Are Today's Unemployment Numbers Reliable?Wednesday, 05 August 2009John JagersonStocks Getting StartedOnly if you know what to look for; Not a good sign for the Dollar The S&P 500 (.INX) and Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) fell in early trading on Tuesday as new jobs data hit the market. ADP, the payroll processing firm, reported that the... + Full Story
Opening an Online Brokerage AccountMonday, 20 April 2009S. Wade HansenStocks Getting StartedThe Easiest Five Minutes You Will Ever Spend All too often, people fail to open a stock brokerage account because they think it is going to be hard, or that it is going to take a long time. They couldn't be more wrong. + Full Story
Understanding Institutional Stock OwnershipTuesday, 17 March 2009John JagersonStocks Getting Started Most stock ownership is held by institutions. These entities may be pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds, hedge funds or investment banks. Because the largest holders of most stocks are institutions knowing what they are doing with their... + Full Story
