Archive for July, 2011

The Beginner’s Guide to Common Financial Terms

| July 26, 2011 | 3 Comments

If you’re a newcomer to sorting out your personal finances, then you may find yourself perplexed by the amount of jargon that appears on the advertisements and websites of banks and other financial institutions. You might do a web search or use a dictionary to find out what all of these financial terms really mean, [...]

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High Dividend Stocks

| July 11, 2011 | 2 Comments

When investing in dividend paying stocks, the dividend yield is obviously a factor that is part of most initial dividend stock screens.  High dividend stocks, meaning those stocks that offer a very high dividend yield, seem attractive when yield is viewed in isolation. As we know, investing in dividend paying stocks is more complex than [...]

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