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It’s Monday night as I write this post, and I, like many of you, have watched thousands of dollars evaporate from our investment accounts over the past couple weeks. The worst of all came on Monday, with the S&P 500 down 6.66%, causing every market pundit to make the same bad joke about the devil…
Last week, CFB staff writer Robb Engen entertained and enlightened us all with a post on retirement, and specifically how young people should focus on making good financial decisions rather than spending all their time thinking about retirement. This is a good article that’s worth a few minutes of your time if you haven’t already…
A friend of mine was recently offered some company stock options and wanted to know more about how stock options worked. Stock options are becoming more commonly used as incentives for all company employees, not just the corporate executives. Company stock options often have a complicated contract that explains the various scenarios on how to…
For the past few years, it seems everyone loves dividend stocks. Dividend stocks and dividend mutual funds seem to be such a standard staple when it comes to investing and when you look at the past long term performance, one can argue the popularity is justified. Reasons for dividend stocks For past 20 years I…
We’ve already answered the questions, what is a stock? and what are dividends? But maybe you’re wondering, what are capital gains? Well, at some point you will want to sell your stock, hopefully for a profit. Capital gains result when you sell an investment for more than you bought it for. Likewise with a capital…
Last week we answered the question, what is a stock? This week, lets look at one of the biggest benefits of owning stocks; getting paid a dividend. So what are dividends? Dividends are a portion of a company’s earnings that are distributed to shareholders. Dividends are paid as a dollar amount per share, so if…
Many Canadians are investing in stocks through mutual funds, possibly chosen by their advisor. Even if you don’t invest directly in stocks, it’s still important to know what a stock really is. Stocks represent individual shares in a company. When you buy a stock, you now own a fraction of that business. When the business…
