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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhat are some financial quetions you wish you had known the answers to
before you made mistakes?
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)I should have bought Apple stock instead of going to the bar.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)think Financial Literacy class
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)how to calculate mortgage payments, lots of basic stuff.
I was joking above, since it's Friday night. Hope you enjoy a nice weekend.
raccoon
(31,126 posts)on you--which may turn out not to be worth two cents.
onethatcares
(16,188 posts)screwed.
Not knowing the difference between front load and back load mutual funds, what the hell "unrealized gains/losses" are,
How to get the best bang for the little money I do have. Is it smarter to put money in bonds or stocks if you are near the end
of your career.
what questions to ask the pitchman so I don't look stupid.
things like that.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)Keep em coming
bemildred
(90,061 posts)My guess is yes, there is so much insider trading going on via text messages, etc., that the SEC could never begin to keep up with it all even if they tried.
Didn't the mob move from Vegas to Wall Street a couple decades ago because that's where they could really make a killing?
Nothing But Money: How the Mob Infiltrated Wall Street
And then there's the high-speed trading scam: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/high-speed-trading/