Market Capitalization

One thing newbie investors are often confused about is a stock's market capitalization. A company's market capitalization is simply the value of the company as priced by the stock market. The market capitalization is taken by the price of the stock times the amount of shares outstanding. For example, if there are 100 million shares of company XYZ and those shares are trading at $35 a share, then company XYZ has a market capitalization...

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Choosing A Good Stock Investment Broker

If you want to invest in the stock market, you need to find a stock broker. Most people just use brokers that either their friends or family use or they see an advertisement on TV. Most of the time, these brokers are just fine. But with a little bit of research, you should be able to find the best stock broker for you. Here are the factors that you should consider when shopping around for a broker: Place trades through the Internet Some...

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Know Your Role - How About Their Roles?

It seems pretty obvious that employees need to know what their own jobs require -- their roles, responsibilities and authority levels. We don't expect people to do their jobs effectively if they don't know what they are supposed to be doing. However, one area that people tend to ignore is how well employees understand what OTHER PEOPLE DO in their organizations. Why might that be important? Recently, I was doing some training...

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Improve Your Debt Management Skills

If you are struggling with debts, and would like to feel in full control of your finances, you should consider improving your debt management skills. Why? Improving your debt management skills could allow you to: • See exactly how many debts you have. • See exactly how much you owe, and who you owe it to. • See exactly how much you are required to pay towards your debts each month. • See if you can actually afford to service...

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Bankruptcies Hit Retirement Communities

The recession is hitting elderly people where they live, literally. Financial problems have been mounting at a number of assisted-living and continuing-care communities, forcing some facilities into bankruptcies and inflicting new worries on residents and their families who thought their life plans were comfortably set. In recent weeks, Erickson Retirement Communities, which manages 19 continuing-care retirement communities in...

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