Category Archives: Finance

Free Checking

Posted on July 27, 2010 by joelmctague

With the Dodd-Frank FinReg in the books, there is real concern that the days of free checking are over.  Many of the fees that banks charge that they use to underright free checking will disappear under Dodd-Frank.  Forbes has an … Continue reading →

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Tax Breaks for Your Kids!!!

Posted on May 25, 2010 by joelmctague

The new HIRE act provides that for any new employee hires after February 3, the employer does not pay 6.2% Social Security taxes on the worker’s wages from March 19 through the end of this year. The tax is computed on gross wages, … Continue reading →

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SEC and Hiring

Posted on May 7, 2010 by joelmctague

J. Scott Colesanti has an excelent blog post about the SEC’s hiring practices.  His conclusion: It may very well take stalwart leadership, a generation of creativity, and unfettered funding to completely reform the Commission.  But a large step towards it … Continue reading →

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Writing Covered Call Options – Part One

Posted on April 29, 2010 by joelmctague

Covered call writing is the simplist option strategy and usually good for beginners to try.  Writing a covered call involves simultaneously owning a stock and selling a call (selling somebody the right to purchase the stock at a predetermined date … Continue reading →

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