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2018 was the year of resilience. We as a world were tested from one of the largest fires in California to the political climate all around the world. There was a mass shooting in Florida and we saw a group of young adults show us what resilience looks like. Finally, the finance world was tested, the whole investment world, especially in the United States, was taken for a ride. From FAANG (Facebook...
You have probably heard the words before, maybe in a passing coffee shop, or while at work, or even from your parents when they give you advise on what to do with your money, but what is a Mutual Fund really? Is it like Mutual Friends? No, not really sorry Facebook will not help you much here. The definition of a Mutual Fund is “an investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified...
1. Bull market is up 2. Keeps going up and up 3. As everyone buys 4. Soon the roller coaster starts 5. The bear market shows signs of starting 6. Everyone sells off 7. Soon this will all level out 8. This all equals a market correction Let us piece this together Everything in the market is up, There has been a strong bull market, but all of a sudden the roller coaster starts and the bear market creeps...
2017 was the year of hope, the year of compassion. We as a world experienced natural disaster from hurricanes in Florida to fires in California. We reached out to help one another in times of crisis, to come together as one and choose not to be separated. We lost legends like Tom Petty, Roger Moore, and Chris Cornell. The entertainment world was filled with shockers like Taylor Swift dropping her new...
1. The market makes prediction about your profit 2. Your quarter report date comes up 3. You take your companies profits for that quarter 4. You divide them by all the common stock out in the world 5. You come up with a number that is either positive or negative 6. The market freaks over your number beating or falling behind estimates #dontpanic Let us piece this together You are in charge of earnings...
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...
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...
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...
Wait, so all that drama of futures and the Dow Jones down over 700 points was wiped away this morning? It was like the stock market broke up and went out and drank the night away, drunk texting all of its ex’s and overreacting to any news, final woke up and realized that life moves on and today is a new day to focus on yourself not the election! #imnotsorry So Orcas let’s continue to swim, let’s unite...
Happy Election Day 2016, many of you are probably waiting in line right now or debating on voting later today, as we already know this has been a crazy election year, but could your vote affect the market? Side Note: If you have not read our article on the candidate’s economic policies, please take a minute and click here. Now we already know that the market is like a bunch of “mean girls” and will...
Financial literacy is a major problem in the United States according to Forbes “Only 57% of Americans are financially literate.” That is based off understanding terms like; inflation, interest and diversification. We are ranked 14th in the world in financial literacy behind countries like Norway and Germany. And finally we have movies like “Wolf of Wall Street” and the “The Big Short”, that show how...
“On October 3rd he asked me what day it is” and I said it is October 3rd. Happy Mean Girls Day, and what better way to celebrate than to explain how the stock market is similar to a bunch of mean girls. Yes, you read that right, I promise you will think it is so “fetch”. Lets start with the simple theory of supply and demand. Now the more demand than the less supply, therefore meaning something is...