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Jul 6, 20217 min read

#65 - The Meme Stock Buyers are Back Trying to Screw the Short Sellers

What is short selling? When an investor borrows a security and sells it on the open market, planning to buy it back later for less money.

Jun 15, 20212 min read

PFT#26 - Listener Question: How Do We Trade Options and What Should Beginning Investors Know?

Options come with high risk and reward. It is important to understand how they work before entering into this type of stock trading

Feb 3, 20212 min read

PFT #8 - Personal Finance Tip of the Week: Realized Capital Gains and Losses From Stock Ownership

For most assets the capital gain tax rates that are held for less than a year, are treated as ordinary income as if you earned a paycheck

Jan 31, 202110 min read

#44 - The GameStop Short Sell Where the Little Guy Beat Wall Street at Their Own Game

Shorting a stock whens shares are borrowed from a broker on margin and have to be be paid back with interest to the broker.