Invest in smart summer reading

This post originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch on July 14, 2011. Summer is here, which means the beach reading season is upon us. ShareBuilder president Dan Greenshields recommends these three books that offer great entertainment (and a …

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Investors: Meet social media

The following op-ed by ShareBuilder president Dan Greenshields was originally published on Reuters.com on April 11, 2011. In the beginning, naysayers and curmudgeons dismissed social media as a place for gossip, celebrity self-promotion and teenagers to waste time. How wrong …

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Dan Greenshields: Separating investing fact from fiction.

The following post is written by Dan Greenshields, president of ShareBuilder. It originally appeared on Reuters.com on February 21, 2011. Fact: 94 percent of Americans wish they did a better job managing their money. That figure is from a recent …

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Back-to-school Investing

The following post is written by Dan Greenshields, president of ShareBuilder. It originally appeared on Reuters.com on Sept. 3rd. Millions of children are getting ready to head back to school. Their parents have a long to-do list before them as …

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Summer Reading for Investors

By Dan Greenshields, ShareBuilder President For many investors, summer is a time to lounge on the beach with the latest best-selling book. This year, however, those looking for investing ideas might consider venturing outside of the finance section of their …

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Make investment picks play out better than bracket bricks.

It was an epic battle, instant classic—as suspenseful as, say, a movie drama. (Ahem, Hoosiers.) Those kids from Butler and Duke played an amazingly hard-fought and entertaining national championship game. One for the ages, in fact. We hate to see …

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The 2010 Roth IRA conversion: 5 things you need to know

By Dan Greenshields, ShareBuilder President Have you heard about the 2010 Roth IRA Conversion? Financial pundits are beginning to chatter, so if you’ve got an individual retirement account (IRA) you’re probably in search of the facts and what it means …

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4 do’s & don’ts of investing.

By Dan Greenshields, ShareBuilder President There are signs that the recession is slowing, at least in the stock market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up nearly 60% since mid-March 2009. So what do you do? Invest more? Or did you miss the …

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