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The Law of Supply and Demand
This principle is fundamental for the understanding of basic economic theory.

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Mar 4, 20211 min read
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FAANGMA Stocks Revisited
It's been a while since I last posted an article as I have been busy with other projects and Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year holidays. However, it's wonderful to hear from you again, dear reader.

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Feb 1, 20212 min read
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The Advantage of Purchasing Apple Stock
Currently, Apple stock is cheaper on a per share basis than any of the other stocks that we have written about in this blog.

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Nov 4, 20201 min read
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Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google, Adobe, and Microsoft Stock Prices update
FAANGAM Stock Price update since our last price update on July 10, 2020.

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Aug 18, 20201 min read
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Tracking the historical price of Adobe and Microsoft
Adobe (Symbol: ADBE) and Microsoft (Symbol: MSFT) stock prices have increased in the last 8 months, but not without some shorter intervals of price declines.

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Jul 12, 20201 min read
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The effects of inflation and deflation
In the last 3 months of 2019, the economy had moderate inflation as measured by the change in CPI, the percentage value change of CPI from 12 months ago (a 2.1% increase from October, 2018 - October, 2019, a 2.3% increase from November, 2018 - November, 2019, and a 1.8% increase from December, 2018 - December, 2019). In the first 3 months of 2020 (January, 2020 to March, 2020), there has been a deflationary trend of the percentage change in CPI year-over-year of 2.5%, 2.3%,

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Apr 27, 20202 min read
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How much you'll have to save at any age to retire a Millionaire
Whether you're in your 20's, 30's, 40's, or 50's, this is how much you'll have to save to retire a Millionaire

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Mar 19, 20202 min read
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Investing in other Government Bonds
Besides treasuries, there are other types of Bonds.

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Mar 6, 20202 min read
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Investing in T-Bills, Treasury Notes, Treasury Bonds, and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities
These types of government-issued securities are essentially risk-free because the purchaser is lending the U.S. government money that is guaranteed to be repaid when the security matures. However, if you sell the government-issued security on the secondary market before maturity, you could lose money. Also, if the U.S. government defaults, your loan may not be repaid. Although, this is extremely unlikely.

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Mar 1, 20202 min read
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Banks with the highest savings account interest rates
Source: https://www.bankrate.com Ensure that only "Savings & MMAs" is selected, enter your "Zip code" and "Deposit amount", then scroll...

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Feb 16, 20201 min read
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The Rule of 72
This rule is a way to estimate how long an investment needs to be held in order to double in value based on a constant interest rate.

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Feb 9, 20201 min read
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Defensive Strategies for Long-term Investing
With recent volatility in the Stock Market, you may have a propensity to unload your stock holdings. We suggest, instead, to implement these defensive strategies to protect your gains and to continue to be long the stocks in which you have invested.

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Feb 3, 20204 min read
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Selling covered calls: a conservative options strategy
Selling covered calls entails selling options contracts on a stock that you have bought with the expectation that the underlying stock price will stay the same or go higher.

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Jan 14, 20203 min read
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The continuing uptrend of the FAANG stocks
(Apologies for the hiatus last week, as our staff was spending time with family.)

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Jan 6, 20202 min read
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The Phases of the Business Cycle
The business cycle describes the rise and fall in production of goods and services in an economy, measured using the rise and fall in the...

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Dec 23, 20191 min read
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Leading Economic Indicators
Economic Trend Indicators are indicators that tend to rise and fall in advance of the economy. Below are 5 of the leading ones to watch.

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Dec 18, 20192 min read
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Investing in the FAANG Stocks
These are the tech companies that are the favorites for investments in the tech sector of Silicon Valley.

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Dec 9, 20192 min read
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There are 618,000 Millennial Millionaires
There are 618,000 Millennial Millionaires

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Nov 25, 20191 min read
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3 easy ways to track your budget
3 easy ways to track your budget

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Nov 18, 20191 min read
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