Mint has you covered during coronavirus. Stay up-to-date with the latest financial guidelines and resources here.

Learn about Mint.com or Sign Up Free | Log In
MintLife Blog
MintLife Blog > Investing Advice

Investing Advice

Better financial management

  • Most Recent
  • Most Popular
  • Category
    • Budgeting
    • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
    • Credit Info
    • Early Career
    • Family Finances
    • Financial Planning
    • Food Budgets
    • Housing Finances
    • Investing Advice
    • Minimalist Lifestyle
    • Money Audit
    • Money Etiquette
    • Saving
    • Student Finances
    • Travel Tips
    • Unemployment
    • Updates
  • Author
    • Annemarie Belda
    • Arielle Caldron
    • Ben Miller
    • Brewing Happiness
    • Brittney Castro
    • CollegeBacker
    • Dan Miller
    • Elle Martinez
    • Emma Johnson
    • Eric Rosenberg
    • Farnoosh Torabi
    • Honest Dollar by Goldman Sachs
    • Jackie Lam
    • Jackie Porter
    • Jane Lohani
    • Jessica Naziri
    • Kendall Davis
    • Malika Bowling
    • Marianne Hayes
    • Marsha Barnes
    • Mint
    • My Nguyen
    • Tessa Juliette
    • The Financial Diet
    • TransUnion
    • Turbo
    • TurboTax
    • Zina Kumok
  • Subscribe to thisSubscribe to this RSS feed
Investing Advice

Don’t Save for College, Invest

April 24, 2008 / Ehab Bandar
Every year, as high school bands practice “Pomp and Circumstance,” seniors are busy celebrating — or bemoaning — their college admission decisions. Their parents, meanwhile, may have been scratching their heads for years, trying to figure out how they’re going...

Full Story

How To, Investing Advice

How-To Guide: Paying for College

April 24, 2008 / Ehab Bandar
At the back of your mind, it lurks, gnawing at you. You can forget about it for a week here or a month there, but inevitably it rises up again to cause you stress and worry. As your infant stands...

Full Story

Investing Advice

60-Second Guide to Investor Tax Issues

April 24, 2008 / Ehab Bandar
Taxes have come a long way in 95 years. In 1913, paying income tax involved a simple a one-page form. Taxes ranged from 1% to 7%, and less than 1% of the population made enough money to have to pay...

Full Story

Investing Advice

Tax Rules for Selling Mutual Funds

April 7, 2008 / Ehab Bandar
You might be wondering, “Goodness — mutual funds buy and sell shares of stock each day. Do I have to account for each of these transactions?” The answer is no, you don’t. But you do have to account for the...

Full Story

Investing Advice

Wash Sales and Worthless Stock

April 7, 2008 / Ehab Bandar
When the stock market goes crazy — and it always does — you may find yourself holding stocks that you like from a fundamental standpoint but are now worth less than what you paid for them. They may be worth...

Full Story

Investing Advice

Reconcile Capital Gains and Losses

April 7, 2008 / Ehab Bandar
Most of us are aware that you have to net out your capital gains and losses when figuring your taxes for the year. But how does all this netting work? Should I be hanging around the local dock to learn...

Full Story

Investing Advice

How to Calculate a Holding Period

April 7, 2008 / Ehab Bandar
The holding period of virtually any asset — including investments — is an important concept that you need to understand if you want to make smart tax choices. Calculating how long you’ve held an asset is a fundamental component of...

Full Story

Investing Advice

My Dumbest Investment

August 14, 2007 / Mint

Train Wreck Tuesdays are a weekly post of horrible financial mistakes from our readers. This week’s story involves a “dumbest investment” moment, in which a person held onto their stock options too long…

Full Story

Investing Advice

Financial Planner – Roth IRA Sample Case: The Vanguard Target Retirement Fund

April 20, 2007 / Mint
Financial planning and debt planning are two of the issues that we care about here at Mint. Learn more with great financial planning tips in our blog article index. For most young professionals in the lower tax bracket, choosing a...

Full Story

Posts navigation

« 1 … 31 32 33 34 35 36

Connect With Us

Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Instagram

Recommended Reading

  • How Much Do Youtubers Make & How to Become a Youtuber
    How Much Do Youtubers Make & How to Become a Youtuber
  • How Much Your Monthly Food Budget Should Be + Grocery Calculator
    How Much Your Monthly Food Budget Should Be + Grocery Calculator
  • How to Become Rich in 10 Easy Ways
    How to Become Rich in 10 Easy Ways
  • 44 Ways to Make Money at Home (At Any Age or Skill Level) in 2021
    44 Ways to Make Money at Home (At Any Age or Skill Level) in 2021
  • Disclaimer

    The views expressed on this blog are those of the bloggers, and not necessarily those of Intuit. Third-party blogger may have received compensation for their time and services. Click here to read full disclosure on third-party bloggers. This blog does not provide legal, financial, accounting or tax advice. The content on this blog is "as is" and carries no warranties. Intuit does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, reliability, and completeness of the content on this blog. After 20 days, comments are closed on posts. Intuit may, but has no obligation to, monitor comments. Comments that include profanity or abusive language will not be posted. Click here to read full Terms of Service.

Intuit.
Mint.com's Facebook page. Mint.com's Twitter page Mint.com's Instagram page Mint.com's RSS feed. Media Inquiries
    • How It Works
    • Find Savings
    • Credit Score
    • Support
    • Blog
    • Press
    • Partners
Intuit
    • Security
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy
    • Legal & Trademark Notices
    • About Intuit
    • Bill Tracking
    • Money Manager
    • Sitemap

© 2021 Intuit, Inc. All rights reserved.

Terms, conditions, features, availability, pricing, fees, service and support options subject to change without notice.