Week of 5/3/2021 Market Recap
A recap of the past week in three short headlines. 1. Mixed Feelings Put simply, investors had a case of…
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May 9, 2021
What Does it Mean to “Short” a Stock?
This post originally comes from BrainFeed.co. Why do investors buy a company’s stock? There can be many reasons, but they always boil down…
May 4, 2021
Week of 4/26/2021 Market Recap
A recap of the past week in 3 short headlines. 1. Flat Week After a four-week string of mostly positive…
May 2, 2021
Intro to Trading
So, you’ve been eyeing the stock market lately, watching it go up and down, making money for some while losing…
April 29, 2021
Rising Bond Yields and a Stock Market Selloff
For the past few weeks, much of the focus on the stock market has been around rising bond yields, specifically…
April 27, 2021
How to Start Investing
Have you ever wondered how wealthy people appear to grow their money with little to no effort? It may seem…
April 12, 2021
What Exactly is a Bitcoin?
This post originally comes from BrainFeed.co. On Halloween 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis, a paper titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash…
April 6, 2021
Fiona Ma on Managing California’s Finances and Overcoming Challenges in Office
On October 22nd, 2020, the Amador Valley Investment Club hosted Fiona Ma in a virtual guest speaking session. Fiona Ma…
January 10, 2021
Intro to Hedge Funds
Hedge funds are financial partnerships that use pooled funds and employ different strategies to earn the highest possible returns for…
December 16, 2020
A Beginner’s Guide to Value Investing: EV/EBITDA Ratio
One of the most famous ratios used by value investors is the EV/EBITDA ratio, or the Enterprise Value to Earnings…
November 27, 2020