To follow up from last week's podcast, Tom put together a quick video explaining why money market fund rates are so low. After 2008, the SEC changed some rules that dictate the type of securities allowed to be held in money market funds. Some of the key requirements...
In our most recent podcast, Tom and Brendan discussed the yield curve. We've found that the average investor usually doesn't understand what brokers, advisors, or financial media members are talking about when they refer to the yield curve. If you missed that podcast...
We recently discussed different ways that investors can own mutual fund shares. Most mutual funds have A shares, B share, and C shares. We noted that B shares and C shares usually include 12b-1 fees. Many investors don't know what these fees are or do but are confused...
Keeping the theme with our podcast from last week (take a listen here if you haven't already), Tom talks about the S&P 500's two different forms. Many people don't know that the S&P 500 is a cap weighted index, meaning the stocks with the largest market...
Today is the final day of the 2014's first quarter. In this week's Mullooly Asset Management video update Tom talks about what happened this quarter. The S&P 500 is going to finish the first quarter basically flat. We've seen that the strongest areas of the market...
In the last week, the financial media's hot topic has been interest rates. What's going on with them? Where are they going? When will the Fed begin raising rates and how will that affect markets when they do? Naturally, investors are curious about interest rates too....
A lot of investors become infatuated with the idea of buying a stock for pennies and making millions. While it's nice to dream, is it really wise to buy low priced stocks with the expectation that you'll hit it big? Probably not, but people do so anyway. In this video...
Here's a scenario most investors can relate to: You really like stock X, but stock X trades for a price per share that you think is outrageous. You'd still really like to own that stock though, so what are you supposed to do? Tom and Brendan talk about investing in...
Never heard of Bob Farrell before? This video is for you then because all investors should know Bob Farrell's investing rules. Tom and Brendan discuss some background on Farrell and go over the first half (1-5) of his rules in this week's Mullooly Asset Management...
