Understanding Asset Allocation is critical for building and protecting your wealth. In my previous posts on Options Trading and Capital Gains I outlined some of the factors that can impact wealth generation from active investments. Simply, if you are planning to trade for a profit through either a regular Stock trade or derivative of this such as […]
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Passive Income
Passive income is the secret to retirement, in a nutshell it means that you are earning money without trading your own time for it, so you are free to enjoy life, without actually working to earn that money coming in every week. There are a number of factors you need to think about when it […]
Options Trading 101
Options trading scares the crap out of many of my friends and family – and rightly so! You can mess up big time when dealing with them, but thankfully your brokerage is aware of that and will limit your choices and abilities to get into scary trades based upon your financial knowledge.All trades contain risk, […]
Capital Gains – The Long and Short of it
Capital gains are a tax levied on the sale of an asset. The most common form you will encounter them will be in the trading of Stocks and other monetary items (such as Equity Options) along with things like your home (though there is a nice exemption level if it is your primary residence). The difference between […]