Category: Personal Finance

Every year, we give a portion of money back to the government through income taxes. This year, it isn’t going to be any different. However, let’s do things differently this time. Instead of waiting till the last minute to file your taxes and be confused about what’s going on, why not take a proactive approach […]

It is always interesting that there are so many different types of investments around us, ranging from regulated investments such as bonds and stocks, all the way to unregulated investment vehicles such as collectibles, antiques and many others. In this post, I’m slightly more inclined to talk about some common investments, mainly money markets, bonds, stocks and derivatives […]

Before I go on with my trading experience, maybe let’s look at the market after the FOMC. Most indexes were down from 1 to 3%, but I should not be that much affected, since I sold off all my fund holdings a day before the FOMC. However, since my holdings are mutual funds, I don’t know what […]

Last Friday, I attended a futures trading seminar and opened my Futures trading account. Actually, I think the seminar is quite boring and not really in-depth, but the purpose of me going to the seminar is just to open the account. Well… I was initially torn between choosing a local vs foreign brokerage for my […]

I just can’t sleep tonight… not just yet… The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is being held as I’m typing. This meeting may play an important role as to how stocks will perform over the next few weeks. Everyone is expecting a 25 basis point cut, which is equilvalent to 0.25%. Anyway, I belong to […]