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Investing Basics – What Are Mutual Funds And ETFs

By Billy, on May 17th, 2011

This post gives a high-level view of what Mutual Funds and ETFs are. Understanding the different ways to invest goes a long way to build your confidence when investing in the stock market. There are nearly as many different options as there are people ready to give their opinion of which one is best. → Read More . . .

Mr. Fed, Food and Energy Feel Like Core Inflation To Me!

By Billy, on May 13th, 2011

I have been getting really tired of hearing the radio guys report that “core inflation” is not bad. They always explain that “core inflation” does not include food and energy. Who in the world makes up this stuff? What do you think? How has the “NON-Core-Inflation-Rate” of food and energy impacted your bottom line? → Read More . . .

Investing Basics – What Are Bonds

By Billy, on April 28th, 2011

This post gives a high-level view of what Bonds are. Understanding the different ways to invest goes a long way to build your confidence when investing in the stock market. There are nearly as many different options as there are people ready to give their opinion of which one is best. → Read More . . .

inMessment Featured on the Festival of Stocks Blog Carnival

By Billy, on April 25th, 2011

inMessment has been featured on the Festival of Stocks. The Festival of Stocks is a blog carnival dedicated to highlighting bloggers best posts on stock market related topics. → Read More . . .

Investing Basics – What Are Stocks

By Billy, on April 16th, 2011

This post gives a high-level view of what Stocks are. Understanding the different ways to invest goes a long way to build your confidence when investing in the stock market. There are nearly as many different options as there are people ready to give their opinion of which one is best. → Read More . . .

Near Government Shutdown – Great Example of Fiscal Responsibility

By Billy, on April 9th, 2011

One of our friends posted this as their status on Facebook: Dear Congress, Last year I mismanaged my funds and this year I cannot decide on a budget. Until I have come to a unified decision that fits all of my needs and interests, I will have to shut down my checkbook and will no [...] → Read More . . .

inMessment Game – First Quarter Results 2011

By Billy, on April 2nd, 2011

The first quarter of 2011 has ended. This is the perfect time to review my inMessment Game results and see how I have done. This will be the very first quarterly review. I will share the Good, the Bad and the Ugly events of Q1. → Read More . . .

BlackRock Added To S&P 500 Index – Who Is Out?

By Billy, on March 31st, 2011

This week Standard & Poor’s Announced a change to the S&P 500 Index. I was pleased to see that they are adding BlackRock (NYSE:BLK). So if BlackRock is in that means someone else is out. It also meant a nice little bump for BlackRock. → Read More . . .

For Profit Education Stock Watch List is a Wild Ride

By Billy, on March 29th, 2011

This week I have seen more wild behavior from the for-profit education companies. March 28th, Education Management Corp (NASDAQ:EDMC) was downgraded by some analysts and the stock tumbled over 7%. The next day EDMC bounced back up almost 6%. All the companies in my watch list were down except EDMC. → Read More . . .

Citigroup – What Is A Reverse Split?

By Billy, on March 22nd, 2011

This week Citigroup (NYSE:C) announced that they would do a 1-for-10 reverse stock split. What in the world does that mean? → Read More . . .

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