Popular Archives - PersonalFinanceLab Financial Literacy Gamified Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:53:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.personalfinancelab.com/wp-content/uploads/favicon-50x50.png Popular Archives - PersonalFinanceLab 32 32 How To Pick Stocks https://www.personalfinancelab.com/beginners/how-to-pick-stocks/ Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:34:15 +0000 http://content.personalfinancelab.com/?p=16370 The most challenging aspect of starting to invest is picking the first few stocks to add to a portfolio. Every investor has their own techniques and strategies, but some fundamentals remain - buy what you know, do your homework, and don't overthink your first steps!

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]]> Portfolio Diversification https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/portfolio-diversification/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:37:28 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=11475 Understanding what it means to build a diversified portfolio is one of the first concepts a new investor needs to understand. When talking about stocks, diversification means to make sure you don't "put all of your eggs in one basket."

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]]> Reading Stock Quotes https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/reading-stock-quotes/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:33:34 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=11470 A stock quote represents the last price at which a seller and a buyer of a stock agreed on a price to make the trade. Stock quotes also contain information about the volume, high and low prices of the day and year, and more.

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]]> Ticker Symbol https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/ticker-symbol/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:25:40 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=11468 A "Ticker Symbol" is a unique one to five letter code used by the stock exchanges to identify a company.

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]]> Why Invest In Stocks https://www.personalfinancelab.com/beginners/why-invest-in-stocks/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 16:37:15 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=11462 This simple answer is when you have money to invest for an extended period of time, the stock market historically has provided the greatest return. Read this post to understand why.

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]]> Wall Street https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/11457/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 16:32:48 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=11457 "Wall Street" is a street in New York City, near the southern end of Manhattan Island. It is the home of the New York Stock Exchange, and the biggest center of stock trading and finance in the world.

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]]> What is the New York Stock Exchange? https://www.personalfinancelab.com/beginners/what-is-the-new-york-stock-exchange/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 16:28:42 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=11450 The New York Stock Exchange (or NYSE) is the largest stock exchange in the world, where buyers and sellers come to trade U.S. stocks!

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]]> Stocks https://www.personalfinancelab.com/beginners/stocks/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:21:11 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=11448 Stocks are a share of ownership of a company. If you own a stock, you are involved in some of its management decisions, and you are entitled to some of the company's profits.

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]]> Getting Trading Ideas https://www.personalfinancelab.com/beginners/how-to-choose-stocks/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:19:33 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=11446 The most challenging aspect of starting to invest is picking the first few stocks to add to a portfolio. Every investor has their own techniques and strategies, but we want to give you the tools you need to place your first trades, and get your portfolio off to a running start. Click here for those techniques and strategies.

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]]> Mutual Funds https://www.personalfinancelab.com/glossary/mutual-funds/ Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:18:00 +0000 http://learn.stocktrak.com/?p=11444 Mutual Funds come in several different "flavors", but the core concept is always the same: the fund is a pool of money contributed from many different investors that are used to purchase a bundle of securities. They are professionally managed, so you are basically buying a piece of a larger portfolio.

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