This past Saturday I made an investment. The stock market was closed, so there’s no undervalued or high dividend paying security to talk about. No, I made an entirely different kind of investment. Calling it an investment may even be a stretch, as it isn’t likely to appreciate in value, or give off any cash [...]

If you’re planning to do any stock trading with your Zecco account, remember that the new fee structure goes into effect today.  Buying or selling stock will cost you $4.50 each time.  Generally speaking, you don’t want your commission fees to be larger than 1-2% of your trade.  In the case of Zecco’s fees, a [...]

With the wild swings in the nearly all areas of the stock market and other investments over the past several months, you might be wondering if it was worth all that trouble to diversify your investments.  After all, the much-heralded mutual fund has pretty universally taken a beating.  I know that every fund I own [...]