Evaluating A Money Manager

Scams and frauds are designed to take your money through false promises and phony claims. Money management is supposedly designed to increase your net worth. Sometimes these two worlds meet and the results are not in your favor, i.e., you have a considerable decrease in net worth. The information in... Read More

Value Investing

By definition, value investing is the process of selecting stocks that trade for less than their intrinsic value. A value investor typically selects stocks with lower than average price-to-book or price-to-earning ratios. Of course, it is not nearly this simple. Value investing is the corner stone of long-term growth. Those... Read More

Economic Survival in the 21st Century - the Three Key Questions to Ask

In this "special report", I want to pose a few important "philosophical questions" to my readers. Firstly -- our Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, addressed the effects and implications of our aging population on things such as Social Security again in a speech that he made last Friday.... Read More

How To Create Wealth In The Stock Market

First and foremost, an opportunistic strategy for creating wealth in the stock market is needed. And the opportunistic strategy for creating wealth in the stock market must have two ingredients, a plan and a goal. The plan must be a definite, concrete plan of investing that would profit you and... Read More

Why the Rich Keep Getting Richer

Rich people: fortunate, lucky, selfish, and arrogant? Or highly educated, caring, brilliant individuals? Becoming rich isn't hard, but it does require a bit of time and knowledge. Having time to get rich, educating oneself, and buying assets are the three key factors in attaining untold wealth.Rich people usually either have... Read More

Investors: Avoid These 5 Common Tax Mistakes

For many investors, and even some tax professionals, sorting through the complex IRS rules on investment taxes can be a nightmare. Pitfalls abound, and the penalties for even simple mistakes can be severe. As April 15 rolls around, keep the following five common tax mistakes in mind ? and help... Read More

5 Ways To Protect Your Bond Portfolio From Rising Interest Rates

The Federal Reserve recently raised its target federal funds rate for the first time since March 2000. This could be just the tip of the iceberg, though, as many experts believe rising inflation and a strengthening economy will spur continued rate hikes for the foreseeable future.This is bad news for... Read More

IF - The Wonders of Investing

If it seems as if all investors are selling, who is buying? If trading has become entertainment ... Read More

Lobster Trapping for Investment Ideas

Recently, my family and I took a trip to Maine to visit relatives. During our stay, we toured the rocky shore lines and took in the beautiful architecture of the old towns.One sunny morning, three generations of Wardlaws boarded a lobster boat and set out on a guided lobster trapping... Read More

Tyranosaurus Rex

Everyone knows T Rex was the most fearsome of all dinosaurs. He could and did kill everything in his path for food or maybe stupid meanness. His brain was very small and he did not survive.There is a T-Rex among us today and it is disguised, but it is killing... Read More

In The News:


Perkins Investment Management and Janus Launch Income-Focused Balanced Strategy
MarketWatch (press release)
Perkins Value Plus Income Fund will strive to provide investors current income with the potential for additional capital appreciation by investing in a ...

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China Investment Has 11.7% Global Return in 2009 as Commodity Bets Pay Off
Bloomberg
China Investment Corp., facing an environment that's “full of challenges” this year, will “timely” adjust asset allocation amid an unstable global economy ...
WSJ 2nd UPDATE: China's Sovereign-Wealth Fund Posts 11.7% ReturnWall Street Journal

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Washington Real Estate Investment Trust Announces 195th Consecutive Quarterly ...
MarketWatch (press release)
WRIT is a self-administered, self-managed, equity real estate investment trust investing in income-producing properties in the greater Washington metro ...

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Angelo, Gordon Wins $100 Million Oregon Investment for Asian Property Fund
Bloomberg
The Oregon Investment Council, which oversees about $65 billion in retirement accounts for state workers, voted today to invest in the $600 million AG Asia ...

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Gary Shilling: Investing Advice for a Deflationary Economy
DailyFinance
James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, is warning that the risk of ...

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Albanian Minerals is investing in ArcelorMittal steel and Gazprom natural gas ...
Wall Street Journal
Demand and prices will grow for oil, natural gas, steel, cooper, aluminum, gold, silver, iron ore, uranium, chrome ore and other metals". ...

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The Business Insider

Steven Romick Explains Why His Style Of Investing Is Like "Free Range Chicken"
The Business Insider
This morning we posted about the mutual fund manager, Steven Romick, who described his style of investing to Bloomberg as being like "free range chicken. ...
Steven Romick: My Style Of Investing Is Like "Free Range Chicken"The Business Insider

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House to take up bill encouraging foreign investment in US real estate
The Hill (blog)
The House is slated to vote on legislation later Thursday that encourages foreign investment in US real estate by ...
Tanya Marchiol, Real Estate Guru and CEO of TEAM Investments Announces Dates ...PR-USA.net (press release)
Free Webinar Replays with Than Merrill: Learn What's Working In Today's Real ...RealEstateRama (press release)

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China Pension to Start Overseas PE Investment, Securities Says
BusinessWeek
China's pension fund will focus mainly on investing in overseas small and medium-sized enterprises, Dai was cited as saying.

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Life settlements are DOA as an investment
MarketWatch
The market's got a lot of investors scared, but the fundamentals are good, says Liz Ann Sonders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab. ...

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Volatile Oil

The Light Crude Continuous Contract fell from $67.70 a barrel... Read More

Chinas Great Missed Opportunity

While a U.S. Representative to the Asian Development Bank Executive... Read More

What Age Should I Start Saving For Retirement?

Ask this question to 100 people and you will receive... Read More

Trading For A Living - Part 2

In part 1 of this article I started to look... Read More

Annuity Owner Mistakes

Okay, so I can tell you I have sat in... Read More

What My Horse Had For Breakfast

Let's see, he had some oats, fresh alfalfa and his... Read More

Buy: Hold: Sell: Jump

I'm sitting here at my computer desk with a cup... Read More

Understanding The Real Rate of Return!

There is one indicator more than any other which determines... Read More

Effective Advice For A New Generation of Investors

CATCHING A FALLING KNIFEOne of the most common mistakes made... Read More

The Convertible Craze Brightens The Future Of Equities

Convertibles are stealing the show with their safe investment image... Read More

How to Analyze the Veracity of Investment Newsletters

When trying to analyze whether a promotional ad for an... Read More

Making Your Investment Dollars Work for You

Investments are scary for some people, especially those who have... Read More

Time is Money and We Are Running Out of Both!

One of the fundamental principles of finance is the concept... Read More

How Eating Bitumen Made Me a Better Stock Trader

Stock market trading is a fascinating activity.There are so many... Read More

Planning for Retirement

Almost without exception, people don't start planning for their retirement... Read More

Shareholders Meeting Changing With Times

A significant number of corporations that settled accounts in the... Read More

Short Term Savings Products

When you invest, it simply means that you are putting... Read More

Quit and Retire Three Years Earlier!

For most people, there is a direct correlation between how... Read More

Investing: The Art Of Making Your Money Work For You

There is a lot to know about investing. It all... Read More

Emotions: A Traders Worst Enemy; Get Rid of Fear and Greed - Youll be Glad You Did

You hear it over and over and over in books,... Read More

Ask The SEC

Who is the SEC and why should I ask them... Read More

Investment Rowing

You have rowed a boat at some time haven't you?... Read More

Makin The Sauce

Let's face it, you're on a roll. After getting down... Read More

Trend Following

Trend following also called momentum trading is the simplest and... Read More

Use of a Franchise Business as a Family Tax Planning Strategy

Suggesting the use of a franchise business as a vehicle... Read More