Two of the lowest cost (and my favorite) online brokers, Zecco and TradeKing, have officially announced a merger.
I have had a non-retirement account with Zecco and a Traditional IRA and Roth IRA with TradeKing for …

U.S. Versus International Stock Allocation
How much international stock exposure should you have?
It’s a great question. And I’ve been looking into my own foreign stock allocation lately.
In my research, I found Vanguard’s “Considerations for investing in …

The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed sources today who proclaim that Facebook is moving closer to an IPO early next year. Could this be one of those once in a generation type companies and stock buying opportunities?
It’s …

Earlier this year, I decided to do a series of posts on getting started on investing – an investing 101 guide, of sorts. This all got started when I ran a personal finance class at …

This is the fourth of a multi-part series on how to invest outside of a 401K. The whole idea for this series started when I was asking a group of about 30 co-workers if they …

This is the second of a multi-part series on how to invest outside of a 401K. The whole idea for this series started when I was asking a group of about 30 co-workers if they …