Steadfast Finances

 Consumer Education, Politics         No comments

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Just when you think American politics can’t get any more infuriating, you hear something like…
Between 25% to 40% of U.S. Senators are actively buying and selling common stocks, and on average, Washington insiders (e.g. Congressmen) beat the market index by 1% per month or 12% annually.
And who said it wasn’t …

 Investing 101, Personal Finance Tips         8 comments

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Welcome to the 17th edition of the Best of Money Carnival.
The BoM Carnival gathers submissions from some of the best personal finance and investing bloggers on the web, and permits the hosting blogger the privilege of choosing his or her top ten favorite articles. Mind you, this is not …

 Investing 101, Peer to Peer Lending         38 comments

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Growing up, most kids I knew wanted to be an astronaut or play in the NFL. Always being one to go against the flow, as well as being a killer Monopoly player, I always wanted to be a banker.
I’m aware it’s an odd admission, but for some reason, the …

 Investing 101         2 comments

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One of my biggest pet peeves with the financial media is the near fixation on one side — the Buy! Buy! Buy! side — of the story.
If an analyst or money manager speaks out with a bearish forecast, it’s a reasonably good bet that you won’t see them …

 ETFs, Index Funds, Investing 101         7 comments

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In last decade, specialty ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) are probably the hottest thing to hit Wall Street since the rise of the discount brokers in the mid 1990s.
Initially, ETFs were not very popular because they only tracked the performance of a few stock market indices.
However, in today’s investing world, ETFs …