The fourth US edition of Day Trading For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))is here, joining one edition each in Canada and Germany. It’s scary how popular Day Trading for Dummies is, to be honest, because most people should not day trade. If you do, you can dramatically increase your chances of success by… [Read More]
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Blogging, sharing, and the value of your information
I keep this blog because I like an outlet for my thoughts on money, my travels, and my attempts to learn photography. It’s semi-public, because hardly anyone reads it, but that’s okay. I’ve been online for a long time. The brokerage firm that I worked for in San Francisco was one of the early promoters… [Read More]
The new edition of Day Trading for Dummies is out
The exchanges and brokerages keep merging, new tools come out, and there’s even this Bitcoin thing. It was time for a new edition of Day Trading For Dummies! If you have an old edition and you’re doing fine trading, you don’t need the new one. If you’re new to trading or considering taking it up,… [Read More]
Money Smart Week: Money, careers, and literature
This semester, I’m teaching a class at UIC on business, finance, and American culture. It’s a lot of fun to teach, and (I think) the students get a lot out of it. The class has started making their final presentations, and the first batch was really good. Three of the books assigned are The Jungle,… [Read More]
Advice for New E-Reader Users
I have had an e-reader for several years now; my husband bought me a Sony Reader a while ago, when it was the market share leader, and it has held up well. Some of the other faculty members here in China have new-ish Kindles and Nooks, and they made a few mistakes that I learned… [Read More]