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Let us break this down 1. You give some money to a mutual fund 2. They have researchers that manage the fund 3. Who have ideas to divide your money 4. And split them through various companies 5. Like Apple, Watermelon, and Lemon #beyonce 6. You own parts of these companies in one fund 7. This all equals a mutual fund Now let us piece this together, you decided to invest some money in a mutual fund...

"Orca wrote about Snapchat filing for IPO back in November, please enjoy our repost from there, with one update. We predicted $25 Billion IPO, which turned out to be a $30 Billion IPO." Snapchat, the little yellow ghost that found its way into all our hearts is filing for IPO under their parent company Snap Inc. (don’t know what IPO is click here). Reports say Snap Inc. will debut with a $30 billion...

Let us break this down 1. You see a stock in the market 2. it is under $5 and looks like a penny stock 3. It goes up and down 4. You start to question what is going on 5. It goes up and down more 6. You freak out 7. This is all equals what a penny stock is like Now let us piece this together, you are looking in the market and you find a stock that fits the description of a penny stock, you watch it...

But First? What is the Dow Jones, click here The Dow keeps climbing and climbing and we have a hit a new high 20,000! #blessed But why is this happening and what does this mean for us Orcas? The Stats • Dow was up 13% in 2016 • Top stock picks by sources like Barron all fall within the DOW • Dow has been climbing in our “bull” market The Trump Affect (Remember Markets react to news) • Trump wants to...

We officially have our new government in office and it did not take much time for a new order that shakes up the financial world. Today Trump signed an executive order that will raise mortgage insurance bills for most first time homeowners, aka a lot of Orcas. The Scope • Immediate, starting January 27th, 2017 • Raise of six-tenths of a percent each month • $200,000 mortgage will go up by about $500...

Let us break this down 1. You buy 100 shares of a stock 2. Some time passes 3. The company declares a 2-1 split 4. You receive 5. An additional 100 shares 6. Giving you 200 shares total 7. #happyface Now let us piece this together; first you buy 100 shares of a stock, now some time passes and stock grows in value and is doing pretty well, so they announce a 2-1 stock split. You now receive an additional...

2016 was one of the most unexpected years, miracles like the Cubs winning the World Series to our 2016 election results. There were iconic deaths from Muhammad Ali all the way to most recently Princess Leia (Carrie Fischer) #rip. There were trends like bottle flipping and the mannequin challenge, iconic players in sports like Peyton Manning and Kobe Bryant retired and let us not forget that the Golden...

Ahh, chestnuts roasting by an open fire, the smell of pine, Michael Bublés Christmas album, and the smell of green money as the market rallies for the end of the year due to something called the “Santa Rally” things that scream the holidays to us Orcas. But what does good ole St Nick have to do with the stock market? Well let us go down the chimney together and break this down. The “Santa” Rally: Refers...

Fed Rate: the interest rate that is set by the Federal Reserve, click here to learn more The Feds got together yesterday and as expected they raised the rate from 0.50% to 0.75%. As mentioned in previous post, this was expected, but what does this mean for us Orcas, we are going focus on three main interest rate sensitive categories mortgages, saving accounts, and the market. Mortgages •Always sensitive...

$40,000 a day! Yes, that is the cost to enter WestWorld per a day! Now we wanted to take a quick break from investing articles, finance education, and Trump policies to have some fun about one of our new favorite shows WestWorld. Now, what could you do with $40,000 a day, and share a little compound interest with that money to see how much money the “Man in Black” could have made instead of trying...

550 Million dollars, that is how much the thumbs of our future president elect lost for Boeing shareholders in a matter of minutes. Yes, a little blue bird affected the stock that much! Quick Recap •Trump tweeted at 5:52 AM EST about Boeings new Air Force One plane costing around 4 billion dollars… “Cancel the order” •Immediately Boeing stock lost 1.4% as the market reacted to the tweet •That equaled...

Let us break down the first message : 1. You see the market going up 2. You buy 300 shares of stock 3. Market keeps rocketing up 4. #moneyface 5. This all equals a bull market Now for the reply 1. You see the market going down 2. You freak out a little 3. So you sell your shares 4. Market keeps going down 5. This all equals a bear market Now let us piece together the first message; first you are watching...