Week in Review – August 25, 2018

Week in Review – August 25, 2018

The Get Irked Week in Review Episode 2 – August 16 to August 24, 2018 In the markets: We watched the markets hit an all-time high and set records for the longest-running bull market in history. Getting Started – Tools & Resources: Our Getting Started series...
How do you calculate Capital Gains taxes?

How do you calculate Capital Gains taxes?

Taxes. Just the word alone is enough to strike fear into the heart of any citizen. However, taxes actually aren’t that complicated, even on your investment profits (referred to as Capital Gains). Although there are many strategies you can use to reduce your tax...
What are quality stocks?

What are quality stocks?

First Published: August 20, 2018. Last Updated: March 8, 2021 Now, You Can Watch and Read this Article! Click the video to learn about cash on the sidelines or read the article below! Watch the video above and click here to visit Get Irked’s YouTube channel!...
Yahoo Finance vs. Google Finance

Yahoo Finance vs. Google Finance

Originally posted August 17, 2018. Last Updated March 2, 2019. If you’re new to investing in the stock market or even if you’ve been around awhile, you may be looking for a way to research the different stocks you’re interested in trading. Up until Q1-2018, Get Irked...
Why you should treat market-wide sell-offs as sales

Why you should treat market-wide sell-offs as sales

The more you pay attention to the market, the less you worry about market-wide sell-offs. The attention of millions of traders and investors has more in common with a baby kitten getting distracted by the next moving object. Although I do appreciate CNBC, the need to...
When Exchanges Crash: Coinbase’s 17-hour outage

When Exchanges Crash: Coinbase’s 17-hour outage

Coinbase, the U.S. exchange for Bitcoin ($BTC), Bitcoin Cash ($BCH), Ethereum ($ETH), Ethereum Classic ($ETC) and Litecoin ($LTC), crashed on the evening of Thursday, August 9, 2018 at about 5:37 p.m. PDT and stayed down for 17 hours. Irk was, of course, mid-trade....