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What is a Stock? Part 2

What is a Stock? Part 2

At the end of our last Investing Basics for Savvy Women episode we asked a question: “Do you always make money in owning a stock of a single company?” The answer is emphatically no. Any company can fail. Any company can lose market...
Retirement Plans for Moms

Retirement Plans for Moms

This is for all of us moms out there.  Some of us are working moms, some moms decide to leave their jobs for an extended period of time to go on maternity leave. While other moms decide to stay home to be with their kids. And years later, many women often re-enter the...
Risk and Investing

Risk and Investing

How risky should a woman be when it comes to investing? First you have to define risk. One definition of risk is buying something that could cause a permanent loss. For example, if you did not have home insurance and your house burned down, that would be a permanent...
What is a Stock?

What is a Stock?

So what exactly is a stock? Basically, a stock represents ownership in a business. When you purchase a stock you own a percentage of that business. You own a share of that company. So when someone says they own 100 shares of a stock, they own 100 ownership units in...