The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

The Hawk News

The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

The Hawk News

The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

The Hawk News

Money matters: using the stock market to your advantage

Money matters: using the stock market to your advantage

Todd Erkis and Anna Lubomirski September 16, 2020

How do I become rich in the stock market? I feel like there is money to be made, but I don’t know what to do. Jay J. ’21, finance major. Welcome back to Money Matters 2020-21 school year edition....

Money Matters: Investing in a 401(k)

Money Matters: Investing in a 401(k)

Todd Erkis and Anna Lubomirski February 4, 2020

Hi, Professor Erkis. The company where I will be working full time next year sent me forms to fill out, including 401(k) retirement plan forms. The paperwork said they will match 50% of the first 6%...

Money Matters: Investing in Bitcoin

Money Matters: Investing in Bitcoin

Todd Erkis and Anna Lubomirski January 28, 2020

I am thinking about purchasing Bitcoin [cryptocurrency] as an investment. What do you think? —Robert L. ’20, finance major Erkis: Bitcoin is the most well-known of the many cryptocurrencies that...

Money Matters: Buying and selling stock

Money Matters: Buying and selling stock

Todd Erkis and Anna Lubomirski December 3, 2019

My friend told me about a stock that he said was going to go up big. I bought the stock, it went up by $5 per share, but then dropped quickly below what I paid for it. I was worried about losing more money...

Load More Stories
Donate to The Hawk News