Less Risk With Foreign BondsForeign bond funds are ideal for investors seeking income and iversification. Foreign bond funds, as their name suggests, invests in bonds that pay their interest and principal in a currency other than your home currency. Foreign government and corporations issue these bonds.
Learn to Invest Money: Do Large Investment Firms Have Your Best Interests at Heart?Are you currently being courted by a large investment firm that tells you they are the best investment firm in the business and shows you numerous tables and statistics to prove it? If you think that big investment firms’ objectives are vastly different than a Toys R Us or a Nike store, than this article is a must read for you
Investing with ConfidenceA value investor discusses the importance of investing with confidence.
Online Forex Trading - System Training for the MarketForex trading is derived from a combination of two words, foreign and exchange. More simply put it is the trading of foreign currencies and is often referred to as the FX market. If you are searching for excitement and profits this could be the market to trade.
Employ a Stop Loss and be Prepared to Take a Small LossThe stop loss is simply a sell order that is placed a point or two or three below your buy price when you enter a stock position. If the market goes against your stock and it declines to your stop price, a market order is automatically triggered to promptly take you out of the position. The theory is simple: Take a small loss today rather a big loss tomorrow.
Variable Annuity PerformanceDo varibale annuity sub accounts really under perform mutual funds? Is a comparison to the S&P 500 a good comparison to make when we are talking about variable annuities?
Using Charts: Another Tool to Identify the Best InvestmentsUnderstanding technical analysis can seem difficult at first, but charts are a simple way to identify an attractive buying price for a potential investment.
Tax Lien Investing - Just Another ScamWe've seen and heard about the latest investing method on TV informercials, in newspapers and everywhere. It's even said to be so easy it's like taking cendy from a baby. They're talking about tax liens and you should be vary wary.
Attract Investors using Video Elevator Pitch ProgramsWhen you need capital, a Video Elevator Pitch™ executive video presentation gets an investor's attention.
A New Perspective on an Age Old SituationSometimes you just need a bit of information to be able to look at your financial situation differently and consider all of your options for making money, not just one or two.
Online Trading: Should You be a Trader or Investor?Millions of people invest in the stock market and many have thought about becoming a trader. Should you?
What's in an Investment Newsletter?Stock Newsletters are often packed with biased information. Investors need to be skeptical of what they read.
How You Get To Wall Street"How do you build your business?" Before you start planning seminars, client dinners or a mailing campaign, you should step back and take a close look at where your business is at now.
Do You Own Bonds?Lately we’ve seen more damage done to bond accounts than any time in the past few years. I’m warning friends and foes alike, if they own bonds in their accounts here in the spring of 2006, be prepared to see some serious deterioration in their monthly statements.
You Can't Beat The MarketThere is no way on earth you could ever beat the market if the stocks you hold are not keeping up with the market. And hopefully, staying ahead of the market.
Why Splits Are Exciting and ProfitableSplits are interesting creatures and entire books have been written about them. The things that have attracted us to them is that there are repeatable patterns that are generally displayed when a stock splits.
What is Fundamental Analysis?Investors using fundamental analysis to make investment decisions are looking at the underlying aspects that determine company and stock valuations.
What You Should Know About California Loan RatesLooking for help to purchase a new home in California or to refinance your existing mortgage at current rates? By analyzing California Loan Rates comprehensively you can find out how to consolidate your debt using your equity.
Are New Mexico Environmentalists Lying About Cancer Statistics to Prevent Uranium Mining?Some of the more liberal New Mexico media has been playing up "alarming rates of cancer statistics" to the Navajo Nation and others. Is their purpose to frighten or enlighten? We talked to experts and studied the very same statistics they have been using to scare New Mexicans about uranium mining. We reached different conclusions.
Uranium Mining Revival in New Mexico through "Solution Mining?"The environmentally friendly method of uranium mining, known as in situ leach mining or solution mining, may appease environmentalists and move many uranium projects forward in New Mexico. At a time when there is a growing global shortage of uranium and serious talk of nuclear energy expansion, there may be a uranium mining revival in New Mexico.
Defined Benefit Pension PlansA major U.S. corporation recently announced they were discontinuing their defined benefit pension plan after 2007 and will beef-up their existing 401k, which was implemented in 2005. There are half as many corporations offering defined benefit pension plans today as there were ten years ago. Why?
Iranian Oil Bourse Could Accelerate Uranium Price RiseJames Finch warned that Iran’s new oil bourse may impact the price of uranium. If oil starts getting invoiced in euros instead of dollars, how long would it be before uranium is sold in Canadian or Australian dollars? This past week, crude oil futures hit all time highs. This pattern may continue.
Steve Forbes Gets It Wrong on Third World Uranium MiningJames Finch criticizes Steve Forbes, editor of Forbes magazine, for not really understanding the uranium sector. Will we be getting uranium to fuel our nuclear reactors from the same third-world countries Forbes detests?
Oil and Gas Prices, Ready to More, Much More?
How Mutual Funds are Really TaxedAre mutual funds really taxed at 15%? No. Are the taxes on mutual funds really less than variable annuities? NO.
Higher Income from High Yield BondsTo understand high yield bonds, let's define what a bond is. A bond is an interest-bearing investment that obliges the borrower to pay a specific amount of interest for a specific period of time and then at maturity to repay the investor the original amount of the loan. High yield bonds are bonds issued by corporations. These companies pay interest rates higher than those of top quality government or corporate bonds to attract investors. Corporate assets back the bonds; incase of default, the bondholders have a legal claim on those assets.
Real Estate Investing Strategy: Make Money With WholesalingYour exit strategy is an extremely important part of your real estate investing business. In fact, it is one of the most important parts.
Certificates of Deposit, What are Certificates of Deposit or CD's?What are Certificates of Deposit? In simplified terms a CD is a savings certificate entitling the bearer to receive interest. In this article I will attempt to simplify the subject of CD’s.
Tattle TailDid anything positive come out of the Enron debacle?
Money Movement StrategyIn the book titled "Wealth without Risk" by Charles Givens the author discusses a strategy that involves moving money into different types of mutual funds, depending on the rate and direction of the current interest rate.