The world of business & finance is no longer a taboo topic. What was once reserved for the "elite" and professionals has now turned into a growing world of retail (everyday) investors becoming their own portfolio managers. Yes, to most, this seems like a daunting area to dip your toes into, but there are easy stepwise approaches you can take to gradually become comfortable with the jargon & lingo out there. I graduated from pharmacy school at the age of 24 in 2015 with little

Gosh, I'm always so indecisive when it comes to having too many options, are you? So, you can only imagine what it's like when you have thousands and thousands of ETFs to choose from ! And those ETFs can contain up to thousands of company stocks (or bonds) within them , all with different allocations and asset values! Mind boggling. All ETFs come with relatively low expense ratios , but there are things to consider when going shopping for ETFs! Investing doesn't have to be

Don't wait. The time will never be just right . OK, so you've done some basic research on the securities industry , seen the hype over the market, but can't wrap your head around all the numbers & jargon out there! Maybe you feel like you've already missed out on a huge rally recently and it seems way too risky to jump in at all time high levels. Let me tell you, every investor/trader has missed out on some kind of rally or all time high before they dipped their own t

I'll admit, I'm part of gen Y {est. 1990} and darn proud of it! However, most of us on the older spectrum of this generation didn't get the proper education on personal finance in grade school. But! We grew up to be some of the “tech-iest” geeks to learn basic HTML coding by force of nature if we wanted to simply socialize with friends! You may be one of the lucky ones if you got to experience the start of the dot com era during your adolescent years. The time it took jus