Investing

The DoughRoller Weekly RoundUp (Charles Schwab Buys OptionsXpress Edition)

March 27, 2011

We’ve written quite extensively about the online discount broker known as OptionsXpress and earlier this week, Charles Schwab decided it was a good idea to take them over.  OptionsXpress will become an exclusive options broker house for Charles Schwab, which is actually somewhat different than what OptionsXpress is right now.  Yes, consumers might think options [...]

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Start Kids off Financially with Series EE Savings Bonds

March 18, 2011

Savings bonds are debt securities issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (U.S. Treasury). The proceeds from the sale of these securities are used to pay for the borrowing needs of the U.S. government. They are generally considered an almost risk-free investment as they are backed by the full faith and credit of the [...]

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Are Series I Bonds a Sound Investment?

March 11, 2011

Series I bonds are a particular type of bond issued by the federal government. The bonds are comprised of a typical interest rate, and an additional inflation rate. For this reason the bonds are often referred to as inflation-adjusted. We’ll get into I bonds’ dual interest rates momentarily, but first a look at treasury securities [...]

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Investment Lingo 101 – What is a Mutual Fund?

February 28, 2011

Like many of you, I’ve been investing in mutual funds for a long time–about 19 years to be exact. For those just starting out, investing can seem overwhelming. And while there are many complicated aspects to investing, mutual funds help make investing easier for folks like you and me. A mutual fund is any investment [...]

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A Review of OptionsHouse Virtual Trading Platform

February 21, 2011

OptionsHouse is a popular online discount brokerage house.  It also offers a virtual trading platform that allows you to practice and learn about investing in a risk-free environment.  The virtual platform looks and functions just like the real OptionsHouse platform.  Virtual trading allows potential investors to test out strategies and learn the basics of investing.  [...]

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Sweat In Up Markets So You Don’t Bleed In Down Markets

February 20, 2011

One of the many benefits of running Dough Roller for the past four years is that the articles act like a diary for me. It’s fun to go back and look at older articles to see what was going on in the world or my life at the time. So today I ventured back into [...]

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Firstrade Review – Online Discount Broker

February 10, 2011

Sometimes, a little competition can be a good thing.  With all of the online discount brokers available today, the pricing, customer service, trading tools and execution has to be top notch for a consumer to even consider signing up.  Firstrade boasts that they have all of these things and then some, so let’s put them [...]

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10 Cool Ways to Invest $10

February 4, 2011

A lot of the financial posts you’ll read online talk about where you should be investing your money.  The problem for guys like me is that I don’t have money to invest!  Slowly but surely I continue to save every penny I can in an online savings account so that one day, I have enough [...]

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The DoughRoller Weekly RoundUp (Stockpickr $1,000 Virtual Challenge Edition)

January 30, 2011

I’m not usually one for entering contests, but the folks at Stockpickr have created one that’s caught my eye.  Anyone interested in winning $1,000 each month (in addition to a variety of other prizes) only needs to sign up a free virtual trading account with $250,000 in cash and trade stocks.  At the end of [...]

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