The hype prior to Facebook’s (Nasdaq: FB) IPO on May 18 was unprecedented. Every media outlet was keenly focused on this revolutionary young company with such massive valuation. Investors competed to be included on the IPO share distribution lists, certain that the world’s… Read More

An American tradition may soon follow the way of the horse buggy and oil-fired street lamps. In fact, this tradition is as American as baseball, apple pie and even Chevrolets. It will be sad to see it go, but in its place comes efficiency… Read More

The launch of the iPhone 5 has created a media frenzy. Hailed by many consumers and critics as the best iPhone ever, this new iteration of Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) miracle product has kept all eyes focused on this once struggling computer company. The demand has been so high that more… Read More

One of my favorite ways to evaluate the stock market is by taking a macro, top-down approach. This means I research what’s happening in the world’s major economies and use this information to project how it may affect stocks in the… Read More

One quality of a successful investor is the ability to change direction midstream.  While average investors will stick to their opinion no matter what, the skilled market player is able to reverse positions swiftly when… Read More

While the economic situation of the eurozone and the upcoming presidential elections have created a climate of uncertainty for investors, they have set the stage for doom and gloom in the minds of many critics. Analysts have been flooding the media with warnings of a pending… Read More

For some, choosing the right stock is an art and a science. It’s important to weigh in factors from the economy and the stock’s growth prospects in relation to its past performance in order to make a sensible… Read More

Being born and raised in the former industrial city of Pittsburgh exposed me to the old-school way of doing things at a young age. Although it’s currently evolving, Pittsburgh was a city stuck in its ways for decades.  The city was built upon the so-called dirty businesses of steel and… Read More

To build wealth in the stock market, it takes time, study, and a little bit of good fortune. It pays to find a tactic or strategy that has been proven to work time and again. Combining two or more successful… Read More

The financial world is full of acronyms. Almost everything from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to select equity indexed notes (SEQUINS), have been reduced to a simple acronym.  Not only does this make long phrases friendlier and easier to use in everyday… Read More