“The More I Find Out, The Less I Know”

Parenting Peter Leppik Parenting Peter Leppik

Crossing the Line

There's a certain point when a child (or a grownup, for that matter) who has done something wrong realizes that he's not just in trouble, he's really in trouble.

Yesterday, our older son Scooter (who is four and a half) was playing quietly downstairs while She Who Puts Up With Me was napping, and I was reading. The twins, Skeeter and Scamper, were also napping. A calm, restful time in the DFN household. Too quiet, as they say in bad detective movies.

Then She Who Puts Up With Me went downstairs.

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Finance and Economics Peter Leppik Finance and Economics Peter Leppik

Stock Trading: Speed vs. Price

There's a tradeoff between speed and price when buying or selling stock. In the U.S., our markets favor trading quickly rather than getting the best price for investors....and I don't think a lot of small investors understand this. Should market orders be banned?

There was an article in the Wall Street Journal today about the SEC examining how the stock markets work and whether it is better for investors to get the best possible price when they trade stock, or to get their trades done quickly.

About time!

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