There are many excellent public companies with stock market upside outside of North America. How does one go about purchasing a stock on a foreign exchange or otherwise obtain some exposure to foreign companies and what considerations should be taken into account? While there are others, the major worldwide stock exchanges include: NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), NASDAQ, Japan … [Read more...]
How An Expense Ratio Is Robbing You Daily
Investing in mutual funds and exchange traded funds are great ways for smaller investors to begin investing in the stock market. They are also a great way for people without a lot of money to invest in the stock market. But they have an ugly secret, an expense ratio.While on the surface you might overlook the dark side of an expense ratio, after all, mutual funds and ETFs … [Read more...]
Investing 101: 3 Things You Should Know About ETFs
The following post was originally published on Debt Free GuysThis is our third post in our Investing 101 series. See the whole series here. 51 percent of Americans didn’t save for retirement in 2014 and missed out on the fourth longest bull market run in history. The reason most of this 51 percent didn’t invest was because they didn’t know enough about investing. With this … [Read more...]
ETF Risks Uncovered
If you haven’t noticed, the ETF market has EXPLODED over the last ten years. The Investment Company Institute estimates that over 5.2 million Americans now own ETFs. There are currently over 1400 that trade every day, which constitutes about $2 trillion.When they were first introduced, ETFs only tracked specific indexes. Funds tracking the S&P 500, Dow, and NASDAQ were … [Read more...]
Five Socially Responsible ETFs for The Socially Conscious Investor
According to a Pew Research Center survey 18% of US social media users have changed their profile picture to raise awareness or draw attention to an event or issue. Most of those that have changed their profile picture have done it to show solidarity with the LGBT community and support LGBT rights. Social media is a great way to make companies aware of the social causes you … [Read more...]
