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Bank of America (BAC) Company Overview Bank of America is the second largest banking stock in the world by market cap, behind only JPMorgan (1). Per their investor page: “Bank of America serves individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses, and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management, and other financial and …
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All three stocks seen below are seen as long term investments. However, if there is a significant pop of 25% plus, I will likely send an alert to sell, especially for the lone growth stock here. Additionally, please remember that these are my opinions, and I am NOT a financial advisor. So make sure to …
Sure, lots of people, from Mark Cuban to Bill Ackman to Janet Yellen, all say that the government isn’t bailing out the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). But is that debate even the most important one? Basically, by backing up all depositors, the federal government basically said that they will insure all money deposited into SVB. …
I just saw a scary article recently (albeit a little late to the party)… Credit Summit recently reported a survey done in December of 2022 that showed that roughly $21 billion of gift cards have gone unspent!! That’s more than the GDP of many countries! Senegal, Nicaragua, Afghanistan... The list goes on! The survey goes …
Is it crypto? Or a specific stock? Or maybe real estate? While these could work long term with smart investments and lots of research, they all come with far more risk than the options below! The first and easiest option is to simply put money into your company 401k! As long as your company offers …
“US Housing Market Posts $2.3 Trillion Drop, Biggest Since 2008” was a recent headline from Bloomberg. Yahoo finance reported that “the total value of San Francisco homes fell 6.7% in December, to $517.5 billion, a $37.3 billion decline year over year.” That’s a whole heckuva lot of money! Should the everyday homeowner be worried? To …
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With the popularity of ChatGPT, I figured I'd give it a test and see what it thought about future stocks. With how volatile and unpredictable the stock market can be, I figured I'd first show this with a listing of the top 10 stocks over the years (by market valuation). Over the lifetime of the …
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Both credit cards and debit cards are just smaller, plastic rectangles to replace larger, paper rectangles for payment, right? But what is the difference between them? They are both issued by banks. They both require a merchant to be accepting that brand of card. However, the biggest difference is the fact that, to use a …
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With tax season upon us, I thought it was as good a time as ever for a short post about the differences between tax deductions and tax credits! Now, always make sure to research yourself, or even better, to hire a professional to help with your taxes (I will do a later post about the …
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Believe it or not, it's not magic! FICO uses a specific weighting scale to put out your credit score. With credit card debt increasing nationwide, and with the highest annual jump in more than two decades of 15%, I can think of no better time to discuss credit than now (1). Why do credit scores …
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