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Fabulous Financial Facts — What to Teach Your Kids about the Economy.

By on October 24, 2012 in Chicks Chat and Change, Fabulous Financial Facts

Welcome back to Fabulous Financial Facts. I am Ann Zuraw. You might be asking yourself why kids need to know about the economy. Stories about banks failing, bailouts, the deficit, housing market and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are in the news daily and are  all pieces of our economy. Knowing about economics helps them [...]

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Fabulous Financial Fact – Price to Earnings Ratio.

By on October 17, 2012 in Chicks Chat and Change, Fabulous Financial Facts

Welcome back to Fabulous Financial Facts. I am Ann Zuraw. When a lot of investors think about the value of a company, they usually start with the Price to Earnings ratio or P/E ratio. The P/E ratio tells you how much you are paying for each dollar relative to company’s profit. The P/E ratio gives [...]

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Fabulous Financial Facts – Bull Market vs. Bear Market.

By on October 10, 2012 in Chicks Chat and Change, Fabulous Financial Facts

Welcome back to Fabulous Financial Facts. I am Ann Zuraw. If you read newspapers or watch TV you have heard the terms bull or bear market. The term “bull or bear market” is often used to refer to the stock market, but can also be applied to anything that is traded such as bonds, currencies [...]

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Fabulous Financial Facts – Some Things Your Kids Don’t Need to Know About Money.

By on October 5, 2012 in Chicks Chat and Change, Fabulous Financial Facts, Topics to Think About

Welcome back to Fabulous Financial Facts. I am Ann Zuraw. I am always talking about how important it is to speak to your kids about money because it teaches them to be responsible with spending and saving and help set them on a path of financial success. But there are some things that you really [...]

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Questions from AZ: Price vs Loyalty

By on September 19, 2012 in Chicks Chat and Change

ChicksChatandChange.com – Price vs Loyalty. A look at family money history and the influence it can have in your financial decision making. Ann Benjamin Zuraw, CFP®, CFA®, CDFA ™ Comprehensive Financial Planning for the Planned and the Unexpected. Compass Financial Partners, LLC Securities and Financial Planning Services offered through LPL Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor, [...]

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Questions from AZ: Your Money History

By on September 12, 2012 in Chicks Chat and Change

As a child, what was the most important lesson you learned about money? Does it affect the way you save and/or spend your money? Has it affected you in a positive or negative way? Example of my family going to the racetrack. Securities and Advisory Services offered through LPL Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor, Member [...]

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Chicks Chat and Change – Fabulous Financial Facts – Dividend Yield

By on September 5, 2012 in Chicks Chat and Change, Fabulous Financial Facts, Topics to Think About

Chicks, Chat and Change Financial Terminology 101 – Dividend Yield Welcome back to Financial Terminology 101. I am Ann Zuraw. Today we are going to talk about what  a Dividend Yield means. A Dividend Yield is the total amount of income you can potentially earn on an investment each year based on a percentage of [...]

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Chicks Chat and Change – Fabulous Financial Facts – Dividends

By on August 29, 2012 in Chicks Chat and Change, Fabulous Financial Facts

Welcome back. I am Ann Zuraw Financial Terminology 101 continues today with a general explanation about Dividends.Dividends are payments that companies make to their stockholders based on the company’s profits. Some publicly owned companies offer dividends to their stock holders while others don’t. As a benefit of investing in the company, companies take money that [...]

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Chicks Chat and Change -Fabulous Financial Facts – Market “Cap”

By on August 22, 2012 in Chicks Chat and Change, Fabulous Financial Facts, Topics to Think About

Welcome back. I am Ann Zuraw We are continuing on with our Financial Terminology 101 and keeping it very simple and general. Today we are going to talk about what Market Capitalization or Market “Cap” is. Market Cap is one measure by which a company’s size is classified. Market cap is a way to use [...]

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Chicks Chat and Change Fabulous Financial Facts – Common Stock Vs. Preferred Stock

By on August 15, 2012 in Chicks Chat and Change, Financial Terminology 101

Welcome to Chicks, Chat and Change. I am Ann Zuraw We are continuing on with our Financial Terminology 101 and I promise to keep it simple. You already know that the slice of cake represents one piece of ownership in a company and is called a stock share. To raise capital, companies can issue two [...]

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