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Tag: Personal Finance
SPAC That!
A year or so ago, I could barely keep up with the firehose of information about SPACs. Now SPACs, as well as the general IPO market, have crumbled. I went to a recent alumni event to meet current Accounting major students of my Alma Mater, Indiana University. Out of curiosity I mentioned SPACs to them, … Continue reading SPAC That!
What the SPAC?
If you’re like me and follow business news with any sense of regularity, you noticed that in 2020 aside from well, everything else going on, 2020 was being called Year of the SPAC, or SPAC IPO. Now again if you’re anything like me you read those words and thought, “What on earth is a SPAC?”
Save Me From Retirement
In an earlier post, WTF is a 401(k) I spent a lot of time … ranting about pensions, and explaining why a 401(k) system is better. I didn't, however, spend a lot of time explaining what a 401(k) actually is. So today I’d like to explain a bit about the different options for retirement accounts … Continue reading Save Me From Retirement
What is the stock market?
For most people, I’m guessing that only time they interact with the stock market is when they’re at the airport or some other public place, and see the tickers go by. You hear the phrases, things like “Markets are down today”, or “Stocks really took a hit”, or maybe even “Dow’s up 200 points”. But … Continue reading What is the stock market?
What is a Stock?
In Episode 9 of the first season of the Bad With Money podcast, Gaby Dunn asked financial expert Sallie Krawcheck “What is a stock?”, and I began to realize how large the knowledge gap is in financial literacy. That episode was the initial inspiration I had for starting this blog, because I knew I could … Continue reading What is a Stock?
Debit or Credit?
The question Debit or Credit is really asking how are you paying for this transaction, on a debit card, or a credit card?
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