Financial Rebel - Financial Investing : Stocks, Currency Trading, Real Estate Investing and More

How to Recover from Bad Credit

Jason A. Martin — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:30:42 +0000

Bad credit is something many people end up experiencing at one time or another. With this in mind, I will give you a quick overview of what steps to take next to get on the road to better credit.

How to Recover from Bad Credit is a post from: Financial Rebel - Financial Investing : Stocks, Currency Trading, Real Estate Investing and More

Rewards Cards Seduce Consumers to Spend More

Jason A. Martin — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:43:42 +0000

Are you being seduced into spending more of your hard-earned money? There's an article up over at Kiplinger's site that lists seven reasons why “cash-back” credit cards are luring consumers into spending more than normal. I have two cash-back cards, but neither are traditional credit cards. Both of these cards are tied to actual cash, so I use them to pay all my bills. Do you have a cash-back credit card? Do you spend more than your should?

Rewards Cards Seduce Consumers to Spend More is a post from: Financial Rebel - Financial Investing : Stocks, Currency Trading, Real Estate Investing and More

Personal Spending Series: Buying Blu-ray Movies on the Cheap

Jason A. Martin — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:49:21 +0000

If you're anything like me, you probably have a Blu-ray player (mine is a PS3) and you enjoy watching your favorite films on Blu-ray. Unfortunately, the cost of movies on Blu-ray really hasn't come down a lot over the past couple of years. I don't know about you, but I enjoy my money and the last thing I want to do is spend $20-$30 for a Blu-ray movie no matter how much I like the film. This issue of my personal spending series is about saving money in the movie department. Here's a really quick way to save money:

Personal Spending Series: Buying Blu-ray Movies on the Cheap is a post from: Financial Rebel - Financial Investing : Stocks, Currency Trading, Real Estate Investing and More

7 Reasons Why Buying BP Stock Now is Foolish

Jason A. Martin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:35:01 +0000

There’s a temptation (read: greed) to jump into BP’s stock now that oil isn’t spewing freely into the Gulf, but that’s not a wise play.

Listen to enough financial TV or radio programs and you’re likely to hear at least a couple of “analysts” suggesting that BP is a good play. After all, it’s down tremendously off its 52-week lows and the oil spill disaster is over, right? Not so fast. Here are seven reasons why you might want to put your money elsewhere.

7 Reasons Why Buying BP Stock Now is Foolish is a post from: Financial Rebel - Financial Investing : Stocks, Currency Trading, Real Estate Investing and More

Verizon Analysis Before Q2 2010 Earnings

Jason A. Martin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:14:03 +0000

Verizon (Symbol: VZ) is one of the companies I’m looking at for the Financial Rebel Fund. Smartphone use is growing fast in 2010 and since it’s still a small part of the overall mobile market, there’s plenty of room for growth.

In the United States, two companies usually come to mind when thinking of mobile phone networks: Verizon and AT&T. I’ll be covering AT&T over the weekend.

Note: As of this writing I do not own stock in Verizon.

Verizon Analysis Before Q2 2010 Earnings is a post from: Financial Rebel - Financial Investing : Stocks, Currency Trading, Real Estate Investing and More

Tesla Motors—Stock Power Outage?

Jason A. Martin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:56:03 +0000

All this week I’ve been hearing a lot about Tesla Motors (Symbol: TSLA) and their nice-looking EVs (snazzy way of saying electric vehicles). Cool looks aside, does this stock have anything under the hood?

Despite the prospectus discussing possible sales growth, there’s more competition on the horizon. TSLA reached a high of $30.42 per share on June 30 and closed trading on Friday, July 9, 2010 at $17.40.

Tesla Motors—Stock Power Outage? is a post from: Financial Rebel - Financial Investing : Stocks, Currency Trading, Real Estate Investing and More

Blockbuster—A Blast from the Past

Jason A. Martin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:26:55 +0000

Blockbuster recently got delisted from the NYSE and for me it was a prophecy fulfilled (of sorts). Back on July 18, 2008 I wrote a post about the coming doom of the stock “Blockbuster—Going Anywhere?” and it sure has come true.

Blockbuster—A Blast from the Past is a post from: Financial Rebel - Financial Investing : Stocks, Currency Trading, Real Estate Investing and More

Time to Load Up on Citigroup?

Jason A. Martin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:08:00 +0000

Citigroup (Symbol: C) is one of the stocks I keep tabs on. Once a high-flying stock, it’s been reduced to the dollar bin. But there are some signs that it might be poised for future growth. And more importantly, will the Treasury Department complete its selling activities in 2010?

Time to Load Up on Citigroup? is a post from: Financial Rebel - Financial Investing : Stocks, Currency Trading, Real Estate Investing and More

Are Investors Getting Bullish on BP?

Jason A. Martin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 01:16:49 +0000

Perhaps it’s the fact that CNN.com and other networks are not currently covering the BP situation as much or that hope springs eternal in the back half of 2010, but investors appear to be getting bullish on BP (Symbol: BP).

Are Investors Getting Bullish on BP? is a post from: Financial Rebel - Financial Investing : Stocks, Currency Trading, Real Estate Investing and More

Financial Rebel Fund Update July 6, 2010

Jason A. Martin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:20:21 +0000

It’s the beginning of the month and I’ve got a few investing ideas for the Financial Rebel Fund in July. While I’m looking into a few possible sectors, the common theme between all the possibilities is dividends.

The fund isn’t a flash in the pan or a short-term investment. It’s something that will grow over years. I want to start it out right, which means investing in some blue chip stock(s) with healthy dividends.

Financial Rebel Fund Update July 6, 2010 is a post from: Financial Rebel - Financial Investing : Stocks, Currency Trading, Real Estate Investing and More