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Sep. 19, 2018

Question of the week: What are employee stock options?

In pop culture you may have heard the term “stock options” bandied about. In TV shows or movies someone gets a job and it’s the best because they get employee stock options. So, in...

Sep. 12, 2018

Question of the week: What is a dividend reinvestment plan?

A dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) is a plan offered to equity investors that allows them to reinvest their dividend payments instead of receiving it in cash. The dividends are re...

Sep. 5, 2018

Question of the week: What is Net Asset Value (NAV)?

In last week’s blog post on mutual funds and ETFs we mentioned Net Asset Value (NAV). Now a few of our readers want to learn more about it. Net asset value is the value per share o...

Aug. 29, 2018

Question of the week: What is the difference between a mutual fund and an ETF?

There are a number of similarities and differences when it comes to mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The key similarity is of course that both are  a collection ...

Question of the week: What are employee stock options?

Question of the week: What is a dividend reinvestment plan?

Question of the week: What is Net Asset Value (NAV)?

Question of the week: What is the difference between a mutual fund and an ETF?

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