To avoid triggering anyone, I just want to talk about the fact I see so many people interested in the stock market and it’s pretty exciting. Especially to see people looking at this challenging time as an opportunity to learn something new. Staying safe and healthy is the priority, but using your time wisely to… Continue reading Investing in Yourself
As the COVID-19 is taking a significant toll on life as we know it, there are still the realities that we have an election this year. There is an important decision that this country has to make, and the conversation around healthcare will be front and center. With that being said, I believe some of… Continue reading Company Review: Cerner Corporation
Welp…this year is shaking out to be a pretty crazy one. In this month alone, we’ve reached 52-week highs and 52-week lows in a matter of days of each other. The volatility caused by the election year’s uncertainty is only amplified by the infectious disease breakout threatening various countries. Those countries are also blocking travel… Continue reading The Infectious Disease Market
If you told me 3 years ago I’d be where I am in life today, I wouldn’t believe you. I’m healthy, happy, and mentally whole. I’m grateful and more honest with myself about who I am in Christ than before. It could be said that the first time I went on hiatus, I was trying… Continue reading New Perspective, Same Blog
The stock market has turned into a bear as it rolls down the slopes of the Summer 2018 gains wiping out almost all of this year’s gains completely. But why? Here are my top 3: The President is unpredictable and because of this, I believe the market makers are always on edge, watching, and waiting… Continue reading So.Much.Volatility.
This year has been a huge year for technology companies in the merger and acquisition space. You probably heard of the most recent one with IBM buying the open-source giant Red Hat a couple weeks ago. I honestly feel like $32 billion is a lot of money for anything, and if IBM had that money… Continue reading Mergers and Acquisitions 2018: Technology Sector
Everything…and I mean everything…is going to the “cloud”. Companies are moving their large data center operations to cloud infrastructure…for good measure. Things are cheaper in the cloud. High capacity, highly available, scalable applications can be developed in the cloud, for the cloud, by the cloud. With that said, there’s definitely an opportunity to leverage the… Continue reading Company Review: Adobe Inc.
It’s been a while. I’m a few months older and a couple dollars closer to my goals. I’ve done a lot more buying and selling this year, simply because I can, but I haven’t been the most diligent with documenting my journey. Here’s my brief effort to catch up. After March, I was free to… Continue reading Recollecting my Thoughts
One of the most interesting positions I hold in my portfolio is the Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC). I guess by now the cryptocurrency hype has died down a bit, but the technology is not going anywhere. Back in July 2017, if you follow me on Facebook, you would have seen me posting about cryptocurrency and… Continue reading Market X’Analysis: About this cryptocurrency thing…
The Rebalancing Act of January 2018 actually started in October 2017. Back in October, I finally converted my contract to a full-time position. That’s a pretty common thing to happen in the IT space, but that meant I would need to roll over the existing 401k plan I had with my contract firm. That part… Continue reading Rebalancing Act: January 2018
Well look who finally got the opportunity to blog about the things she loves again! Just know Jesus is out here answering prayers and making ways so I encourage ya’ll to send up a few prayers! If you follow any of my personal pages, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, you’ll see I have a few posts with… Continue reading Tasia’s 100k Portfolio 2018
If you haven’t heard of Arista Networks (ANET), consider this to be the warning shot of a fresh company in the super powered space of cloud networking. ANET has been trading publicly since 2014 and been serious about promoting its proprietary tools including the Extensible Operating System (EOS™) and cheaper alternatives to the hardware that… Continue reading Company Review Thursday: Arista Networks
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