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by TheSmartInvestor
Thu Apr 17, 2025 6:47 pm
Forum: Budgeting and Saving
Topic: What Is a Savings Account? How to Grow Your Money Safely (2025 Guide)
Replies: 1
Views: 20

What Is a Savings Account? How to Grow Your Money Safely (2025 Guide)

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Savings Account

Savings account is like your piggy bank, but instead of just holding your cash, it gives you some interest on your money over time. So, the banks pay you interest which is a small % of your balance. Another good thing is that your cash is FDIC-insured, meaning ...
by TheSmartInvestor
Thu Apr 10, 2025 11:56 am
Forum: Cryptocurrencies
Topic: What Is Cryptocurrency? A Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin, Blockchain & How It Works (2025)
Replies: 0
Views: 36

What Is Cryptocurrency? A Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin, Blockchain & How It Works (2025)

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Cryptocurrency is a digital Money that could be used to buy things online. It’s money that’s 100% digital and lives on the internet.

Why It’s Cool
- No banks involved.
- You can send money to friends in seconds, even across countries.
- Some ...
by TheSmartInvestor
Thu Apr 10, 2025 10:29 am
Forum: Forex and Currencies
Topic: What Is Forex? A Beginner’s Guide to Foreign Exchange Trading (2025)
Replies: 0
Views: 49

What Is Forex? A Beginner’s Guide to Foreign Exchange Trading (2025)

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What Is Forex


Forex means Foreign Exchange Trading.
-It’s just like trading goods for other goods but in this case, we trade with real currencies like USD, EUR, or JPY. For example: If you go to Japan, you need to trade USD for yen. But forex ...
by TheSmartInvestor
Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:34 am
Forum: Introductions and Feedback
Topic: New to the forum
Replies: 2
Views: 35

Re: New to the forum

You're most welcome to the forum.
by TheSmartInvestor
Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:31 am
Forum: Financial News and Analysis
Topic: US stock soar after Trump announced a 90 day pause
Replies: 0
Views: 17

US stock soar after Trump announced a 90 day pause

US stocks have surged on Wall Street after Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs for non- retaliating countries effective immediately.

Now that prompted the S&P 500 index of the stock markets in the US to jump at one point by as much as 8% with the NASDAQ index up by as much as 9 ...
by TheSmartInvestor
Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:21 am
Forum: Financial News and Analysis
Topic: Trump authorized a 90 day pause on tariff
Replies: 0
Views: 10

Trump authorized a 90 day pause on tariff

President Trump says that he has authorized a 90-day pause on tariffs and this impacted significantly on the stock market. Trump said he might increase China tariff from 104% to 125% because the Chinese quote lacks respect. The trade war between China and the USA is getting very ugly. What do you ...
by TheSmartInvestor
Tue Apr 08, 2025 2:47 pm
Forum: Introductions and Feedback
Topic: New to the forum
Replies: 2
Views: 35

Re: New to the forum

Thanks for joining us. Feel free to contribute to the topics we discussed here. Thanks once again.
by TheSmartInvestor
Tue Apr 08, 2025 2:26 pm
Forum: Stocks and Equities
Topic: Equities vs. Stocks: What’s the Difference & How to Start Investing(2025 Guide)
Replies: 0
Views: 44

Equities vs. Stocks: What’s the Difference & How to Start Investing(2025 Guide)

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Let's break it down to make it simpler.
1. Stocks can be likened to a single slice of a company
For example, buying 1 stock of Nike means owning a tiny piece of Nike.

2. Equities means all the slices combined ( refer to the example given above ...
by TheSmartInvestor
Mon Apr 07, 2025 6:32 pm
Forum: Stocks and Equities
Topic: Stocks Explained: What Are They and How to Invest in 2025?
Replies: 0
Views: 39

Stocks Explained: What Are They and How to Invest in 2025?

What Are They?

Stocks are tiny pieces of a company. Imagine if your favorite pizza place sold 100 slices ( stocks) of its business, buying one slice means you own 1% of that pizza shop. Stocks let you own a tiny part of a company. If the company does well, your slice becomes more valuable ...