The current US debt is $28.2 trillion. When numbers get this large, they can be hard to comprehend. We all conceptually understand what a “trillion” means when we see it on a page, but what does it mean in units that we work with on a regular basis? To put the size of a trillion […]
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I recently learned of a pretty interesting financial literacy study that came out of the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center at George Washington University. The study is “Fearless Woman: Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation” and looked at the difference between financial literacy rates between males and females. The end result is that females are
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Unity (Ticker – $U) has been a stock that has caught the attention of many people on Twitter. Just like most of the popular growth stocks, Unity has taken a beating the past month or so. Unity went public in September 2020 and rode the wave of hot growth-focused tech stocks reaching a 52 week
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This time two years ago I was in the midst of the best vacation of my life. It was the spring semester of my senior year at the University of Maryland and I went on a spring break trip to Spain and Portugal with my friends from my business fraternity. With there being light at
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I don’t think I’ve had as much fun reading a book as I did reading Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey. I was so caught up in his stories that I didn’t even realize I was reading at the time. Just like how you can forget that you are watching a show or movie because of how
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My portfolio got its shirt ripped off this past week, but luckily it kept its pants. This past week was probably the worst week for most investors since March of 2020 with the world finally realizing the impacts of COVID. Since the bottom in March, the market saw an unprecedented rise in many of the
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Warren Buffett released his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders this weekend. Dating back to 1977, Buffet has released an annual letter discussing the past year for Berkshire Hathaway and gives some commentary on the overall marketplace. This has become a holy scripture to many of those in the financial community. You can find all
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What hotel chain had the most rooms in 2015? Marriott. What company provides the most rooms now? Airbnb. What was the largest email provider in 2010? MSN Hotmail. What is the largest email provider now? Gmail. What was the largest company in America in 2005? General Electric. What is the largest company in America now?
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If you haven’t checked your investment returns in a while, good on you. You’ll do better than most people who are checking their account values multiple times a day. With that being said, right now would be a great day to check your account. Both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ are at all time levels,
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The way history is captured has been fundamentally changed with the rise of technology and social media. Instead of having the few literate people document history, anyone can have their Facebook posts or Tweets as historical artifacts. Everyone now has a chance for their voice and perspective to be cemented in the history books. Even
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