A couple of years ago, my friend and I started an investment company.  We decided to throw some spare cash each month into a ShareBuilder.com account and buy some stock.  Individually, we were doing good, but together we have done much better than we expected. We have consistently beat the market with our "free money" strategy and boast a 30% return on our investments.  By no means am I bragging, because I know I am not talented.  I just want you to know the tools we use to help get to this point. First off, Google Finance is my favorite.  They...

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Those looking for a solid performer with huge room and potential for growth, listen to this pick.  In fact, get to the mountain!  Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMRC) is a great stock teetering on a tipping point.  I believe it is ready to climb, I am actually putting my money on it. Continual improvement is something I always have believed.  As a novice investor, there is much room to learn.  I have up to this point learned how to build a solid portfolio, which has produced for me quite well.  My strategy is a long term one that I coined...

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Goldman Sachs is the face of what's gone wrong with the American financial system. They are nigh universally reviled among the blue collar general populace who has no use for an investment bank.  Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, is considering dropping them.  In England, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called them morally bankrupt.  Back in the US, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing them. So, obviously all this is having a pretty big impact on Goldman Sach's bottom line right?  Right?  Well, it is true that there has been a big change in Goldman's earnings for the...

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It is official: absolutely everything is online now.  After all these years, there is now an online piggy bank.  This one is even better than the one on your dresser because it gives you interest. About a year ago, a friend turned me onto an online banking website with a pretty cool theme.  It is www.SmartyPig.com.  This is a site that allows you to set goals, build a savings, have friends contribute and make money on one of the best interest rates in the nation. SmartyPig.com offers a way to set savings goals.  I set one for some side money...

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If you’re a dabbler in the investment markets, you have probably heard the term “Forex”, but you may not know what it means, much less how you can use it to make yourself some money. The word Forex is short for Foreign Exchange. Forex is the Foreign Exchange Marketplace in which currencies from around the world are traded against one another. Although it is not as well known as other markets, such as the New York Stock Exchange, the Forex market is huge, trading well over one trillion dollars every day. That’s trillion, with a “TR”. The Forex is handily...

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