If you aren’t part of the investment world, you probably have never heard of an IPO.  Let me tell you what would probably be the most famous and successful IPO of the last couple of decades:  Google! Before we talk about Google, let’s look at what an IPO is.  Aren’t babies cute?  There are very [...]

In Monday’s news two odd words were the dominant words on every news channel include the financial networks: Swine Flu. What started as an unknown, mostly non-issue in Mexico quickly became a source of international concern as cases starting appearing all over the world including right here in the United States. What does that mean for your money?

It’s been a while since many retail investors have taken a second look at the stock market. In fact, I have to admit that the market and I have kind of “taken a break” for a little while. Since I’m not that guy who sits at his desk surrounded by computer monitors all day, I don’t have time in the course of my full time public school teacher job to follow such a volatile stock market.