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The Zuckerberg Line

The financial world is famous for creating terminology incomprehensible to outsiders, such as: “Trails”, “M&E Charges”,...
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Available option periods: Weekly, monthly, Quarterly, and longer

  • Options expiration
  • May 29, 2012
Whether one decides to buy options or sell them to obtain premiums, options—when available—are available for a variety of periods. Not...
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Investment options too complicated

Virtually every study of “retirement readiness” I’ve read during the past few years carries the same basic message:a) Most...
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Falling short

According to an extensive study of 2,800 persons (between ages 25 and 85) published by Fidelity Investments last month, the “typical” U...
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They can do magic!

A Scripps Howard News Service story released early last week revealed an achievement bordering on magic. According to the story, over 15,000 large...
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Facebook by the numbers (Part II)

In Part Ihttp://www.examiner.com/article/facebook-by-the-numbers, we reviewed many of the key issues that have made the May 18 Facebook IPO a ...
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Facebook by the numbers

During the past week, no topic has received as much attention in financial circles as the Facebook IPO. Much of the conversation has centered on...
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"Achieving" market mystery

  • AchieveCard
  • May 26, 2012
One thing I have learned in life is that the best companies strive for marketing “mastery”. They tell you about their product, or give...
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Facebook imbroglio grows

The financial cable channels and publications continue to critique, debate, dissect, and otherwise over-analyze the May 18 IPO of Facebook....
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There is no prom recession!

The second weekend of May was the college graduation date (in Minnesota) for our youngest child. With spare time on Saturday, we headed to a...
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