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You may be wondering, “Does Ibotta Work?” Clipping coupons used to be a thing of the past when every neighborhood had a newspaper boy that tossed the Sunday telegram containing a huge coupon section. Once technology changed the news platform to digital, there was a decline in couponing. Years later, popular reality shows, starting with…
Today we are going to dive into the difference between a student loan deferment vs. forbearance. Financial hardships can befall even the most vigilant of savers and budgeters. Your credit can undergo serious damage during these times. Most types of loans do not have much sympathy for financial hardships, especially credit card companies. If you…
Your kids will likely be exposed to money at a young age, either from allowances, visits from the tooth fairy, or monetary birthday gifts. Today, we delve into the topic of investing for kids. Teaching kids about finances and investing is an essential tool that every parent should give their child well before sending them…
Option “premiums,” that is, the prices that a trader must pay if he or she wants to buy an option, or the price that they will receive if they sell the option, are determined by a number of variables. These variables include the price of the underlying stock (or security), the volatility of the stock…
Are you ready to take a 30 day minimalist challenge and save big? Have you ever been in a minimalist’s home? It is refreshing to be able to walk through hallways without bumping into stuff. In addition, these minimalists seem to be much more relaxed than those who have endless material things. Perhaps it’s because…
Trendlines, RSI, candlesticks, volume comparisons, moving averages, MACD, Bollinger Bands® and others are popular technical indicators that many traders use to predict the future movement of a stock’s price. Let’s look at the stochastic oscillator, a technical indicator that traders often use to plot when evaluating a stock. Stochastic Definition The stochastic oscillator measures the…
The Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD, pronounced “mack dee”), is a “momentum” and “trend direction” indicator, predicting the general direction and strength of a stock trend in the short-to-medium term. A MACD technical indicator is widely used, but often not interpreted correctly. What is MACD in Stock Charts? The “momentum” of price movement is the force…
If you’re living paycheck to paycheck, you’re not alone. A hefty 54% of Americans lived this way in 2021, according to Finance Pond. This adds up to about 125 million individuals in the US alone. About 40% of those 125 million had six-figure salaries, showing that this isn’t just an issue amongst low-income households. However,…
Today, we’re going to take a close look at Doji candlesticks. Japanese candlestick charts are a popular tool used by traders, since candles give us a lot of information in one simple indicator. A single candle shows the relationship between the high, low, open and close for a given time period (an hour, a day,…
Did you know that you can make money on TikTok? You won’t be a millionaire overnight but it is a good side gig to supplement your income or support your current business. With 1 billion (that is slightly over 20% of all world-wide web surfers) active users per month, as reported by Backlinko, TikTok certainly…