Hello. I am 25 years old. I have now been out of college for three years. I have worked for two different companies, one with 100,000+ employees and one with fewer than 15, in two very different industries. I began investing my own money four years ago but didn’t really understand investing until two years ago. I bought a house in 2006 and sold it in 2007 because I got married.
When compared with the average 25 year old, I’d say I am in a good …

Well it has been a busy week and an exciting week. While the overall market continues to trade in its range just under the 13,000 mark, oil continued its march higher. It seems that most investors have gotten used to the headlines on Yahoo! Finance and other web sites saying “Oil Sets Record.” It almost has the feel of an annoyance rather than a shock. Am I alone in this feeling?

Apple is one of my favorite stocks. I love the company’s long term potential, and I love trading the stock on its momentum. Therefore, to encourage my readers to follow this great stock even closer, I’ve decided to have a little contest for the 20s Money readers to participate in.
Here are the rules

You are to guess what the closing share price of Apple will be on June 6, 2008.
You have until May 30, 2008 to submit your guess. Email your guess to apple@20smoney.com. Any guesses received …

Well, I feel the web site has gotten off the ground and it is time to work on the aesthetics of the site as well as continuing to provide sound content for my readers.
Check out the small preview of the design I have been working on. This design is not complete and will probably be tweaked before it is implemented.
Tell me what you think!

I would love to get some feedback on the overall design and on components you would like to see added to the site.
Thanks for your contribution.

With the financial sector taking a plunge over the last six months, I figured it was a decent time to pick up a financial. After all, I didn’t own a bank in my portfolio, so it seemed to make sense. Wells Fargo seemed to be a bank that had minimal sub-prime exposure, so that was my choice. I bought a small position in Wells Fargo (WFC). Today, not too long after I bought my position, I decided to sell.

There has been a good bit of debate over the Social Security program in recent years. Bush made an unsuccessful attempt to reform a few years back. Whether you are a Bush fan or hate him, my opinion is, at least Bush is trying to do something to fix the program.
My cynical view of our political system was completely reinforced when Bush, while delivering a State of the Union address several years ago, referred to the unsuccessful passing of his social security reform. The entire left side …

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WisdomTree has just released a series of ETFs that allow investors to easily invest in foreign currencies. The ETFs are as follows:

Chinese Yuan (CYB)
Indian Rupee (ICN)
Brazilian Real (BZF)
Euro (EU)
Japanese Yen (JYF)

A few years ago, I became exposed to a local company that looked to have some serious potential. I was excited and felt fortunate to know about the company at such an early stage. In fact, I knew about the company before it even went public. When the day came and the company went public, I bought shares. I bought a lot of shares. After all, I was young and I was willing to take some risks for the possibility of a serious pay out. …