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1.	Bookmarks: 2	Stock Market Corrections - Pulling The Proper Trigger Why are investors afraid (shocked, confused, overwhelmed, angry) about stock market corrections? Here are seven assessments of the correction phase of the market cycle that may just clear their heads about these periodic gifts from the Investment Gods.
2.	Bookmarks: 0	Global Investors' Bill Of Rights May Prevent Economic Déjà Vu (February 2009) The purpose of IBOR is to protect financial markets and to create self-sufficient investors who produce economic growth instead of government deficits. IBOR standards create transparent financial markets, regulate speculation, and protect retirement portfolios. Here's a Summary:
3.	Bookmarks: 0	Investment Politics 2012: What's (left) In Your Wallet? As Investors, we represent the single biggest voter block in the country. We must respond in one voice to the endless political drivel with a resounding Money Talks, BS Walks. We want decision makers who design laws that aid economic freedoms, not lawmakers who make decisions that restrict them. Here's the MT~BSW Financial Plan for the 2012 Election. Dot Connectors Wanted!
4.	Bookmarks: 0	IGVSI Expectation Analyzer For Market Cycle Investment Management Portfolios What happens in the future is unpredictable, but understanding the past and how it impacts your unique portfolio, is essential to your long-run investment comfort --- and sanity. The IGVS Expectation Analyzer has been developed for investors who want to open their monthly statement envelop (or view it on line) with a reasonable idea of what to expect.
5.	Bookmarks: 0	IGVSI Issue Breadth Statistics Positive --- Extending Upward March thru April IGVSI breadth statistics signal changes in direction within Investment Grade Value Stocks only --- all CEFs, ETFs, REITs, and preferreds (and individual issues that are NOT investment grade) are excluded. Issue Breadth Statistics should allow investors to look inside an index to obtain a better feel for what has been going on --- these numbers will help you do just that.
6.	Bookmarks: 1	New 52-Week High vs. New Low Statistics Remain Strong Thru April '12 The New High and New Low issues themselves can also identify weaker and/or stronger sectors within the Investment Grade Value Stock selection universe--- very important in helping investors determine where the bargains are and where the profit taking opportunities should be. Clearly, new high vs. new low statistics are at mature rally levels.
7.	Bookmarks: 3	SIBORAP: The Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights - Part Four We the securities investors of the United States, in order to form more transparent financial markets, establish effective regulations, defend against destructive speculation and manipulation, promote financial well-being, preserve working capital, and protect retirement income...
8.	Bookmarks: 3	The Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights (SIBORAP): Part Three We the securities investors of the United States, in order to form more transparent financial markets, establish effective regulations, defend against destructive speculation and manipulation, promote financial well-being, preserve working capital, and protect retirement income...
9.	Bookmarks: 3	The Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights (SIBORAP): Part Two We the securities investors of the United States, in order to form more transparent financial markets, establish effective regulations, defend against destructive speculation and manipulation, promote financial well-being, preserve working capital, and protect retirement income...
10.	Bookmarks: 3	SIBORAP: The Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights - Part One We the securities investors of the United States, in order to form more transparent financial markets, establish effective regulations, defend against destructive speculation and manipulation, promote financial well-being, preserve working capital, and protect retirement income...
11.	Bookmarks: 5	Investor Political Priorities - What's On Your Mind? 90% of all Americans are investors and, as such, there are issues that we need to hear about from the men who would be king. None of our could-be leaders are addressing the issues that would allow us to achieve our financial goals. What we all want is to keep more of what we make, and then to spend it as we see fit. It's not clear how the candidates intend to help us.
12.	Bookmarks: 0	An Investor's Eye View of the Corporate Income Tax Politicians have neither been shy about dictating proper behavior to individuals nor hesitant in shamelessly picking the pockets of businesses. At the root of the problem is the tremendous investment the major parties have in nurturing divisiveness, jealousy, and misunderstanding in the electorate. The corporate income tax is a non-productive weight on business decision makers, causing expenditures that would not be considered were they not tax deductible.
13.	Bookmarks: 72	Are you struggling to raise capital and launch your business? Would you like to know where the investors are? If you are having trouble raising capital, you either are not in the right space or your don't understand The Language of Capital. When you know where to find the investors (not venture capital people who want 60-70% of your business) and you know the language of capital, you can raise all the capital you need.
14.	Bookmarks: 0	What Do The Top 100 Newspaper Business Editors Have In Common, Besides Arrogance Should the country's biggest newspaper business editors be interested in a better way to manage investment portfolios than mutual funds or Modern Portfolio Theory speculations about the future? Should they care about an old approach to investing that actually takes advantage of the market cycle? Should they be tired of promulgating the same old and tired Wall Street advice that always seems to take investors in the wrong direction. Yeah, they should.
15.	Bookmarks: 0	What Your Mother Never Told You About Income Investing: Twenty Questions Investors are a very dependent group of people, particularly now that most employed persons have been given the responsibility of directing their own savings and investment programs for retirement. Mother Wall Street has monopolized this huge market, and nursed its children first on Mutual Funds and now on derivative betting mechanisms they call index ETFs ---the unhealthy investment equivalent of a diet of fast food, limited protein, and high energy fusion products.
16.	Bookmarks: 0	What Your Mother Never Told You About Income Investing: Twenty Questions (Part Two) Investors should certainly know the basics about what they are doing. Corporations raise capital for their operations by issuing common stock, or shares of ownership in the company. They also raise money by borrowing from banks, insurance companies, and the public through the use of debt instruments called bonds, debentures, notes, and others.
17.	Bookmarks: 0	What Investors Want & How To Get It: A FREE Performance Enhancement Tutorial For Small Groups --- At Your Convenience The What Investors Want and How To Get It Seminar is an investment performance enhancement tutorial that you can sink your teeth into, understand and appreciate quickly, and put into personal operation productively.
18.	Bookmarks: 0	Hang On A Minute - The Mighty Dow Is Still 10% Below 2007 Levels! Do they think investors are stupid enough to get excited about this dismal performance? Particularly, when less than 20% of professionally managed equity funds did as well. And how about unmanaged ETFs? I haven't heard any claims of brilliance, have you?
19.	Bookmarks: 10	The Ten-Workshop Road to Better Investment Performance --- Yeah, They're FREE! Most investors jump into their investment programs without a clear understanding of the process, the securities, or the risks involved in the effort. Few hold valid expectations, and most choose to ignore the cyclical nature of the investment marketplace. This poor preparation is an endemic problem of our society, made profitable by Wall Street, for Wall Street.
20.	Bookmarks: 0	Golf and Investing --- Four Important Lessons Golfers will spend thousands on instruction, gadgets, machines, clinics, magazines, lessons, drivers, and putters. Investors love the gimmicks, shortcuts, and expert recommendations, but they seem allergic to anything really educational. They must see it as a sign of weakness. Golfers should be better investors. Investors need to introduce themselves to some basic education.
21.	Bookmarks: 0	Modern Portfolio Theory Assumptions --- The Root Of All Evil Clearly, the MPT creators were once Mutual Fund investors, looking for something better after years of disappointing investment returns. True, mutual fund managers rarely beat the markets --- but why? And also true, private, individual, portfolio managers rarely fail to beat the market averages over significant time periods.
22.	Bookmarks: 0	The Investment Grade Value Stock Index - Continued The IGVSI was developed in December of 2007 to provide a benchmark for the Equity portion of MCIM portfolios managed using Working Capital Model (WCM) disciplines. For more than ten years, Investment Grade Value Stock investors had been frustrated by the inadequacies of the DJIA and the NYSE indices. During that period. NYSE Issue Breadth and New High vs. New Low Statistics moved in different directions than the averages, nearly all of the time.
23.	Bookmarks: 3	Stock Market Perspective 2011 --- Some Things to Think About Always, every time and without exception, the general media has predicted the end of the financial world, financial experts have pointed out the remarkable differences from the last correction, and investors everywhere have been encouraged to take their losses and sit on cash or gold until the smoke clears. Every time, the short sighted fear mongers have been wrong. Not just most of the time mind you --- absolutely all of the time.
24.	Bookmarks: 5	Managed Closed End Funds --- Solid Income Investments in Liquid Form Unlike conventional mutual funds, CEFs do not issue and redeem shares directly with investors at net asset value. CEFs are listed on national securities exchanges, where shares of the Investment Company are purchased and sold in transactions with other investors, just like individual company stocks, and most often not at net asset value.
25.	Bookmarks: 0	Predicting Stock Market Movements The risk of loss cannot be eliminated. A simple change in a security's market value is not a loss of principal just as certainly as a change in the market value of your home is not evidence of termite damage. Markets are complicated; emotions about one's assets are even more so. Wall Street spins reality in whatever manner it can to make most investors unhappy, thus increasing new product sales.
26.	Bookmarks: 0	Investors Dig The BIG Buy Low (October, 2005) Market Corrections can be good for the wallet! Corrections are part of the normal shock market menu, and can be brought about by either bad news or good news. If you don’t love corrections (and deal with them like visiting relatives) you really don’t understand the financial markets. Don’t be insulted, it seems as though very few investors see it this way.
27.	Bookmarks: 6	How Do You Spell Correction? (August, 2007) Repetition is good for the brain's CPU, so forgive me for reinforcing what I've said in the face of every correction since 1979... if you don't love corrections, you really don't understand the financial markets. Don't be insulted, it seems as though very few financial professionals want you to see it this way and, in fact, Institutional Wall Street loves it when individual investors panic in the face of uncertainty.
28.	Bookmarks: 2	Investors Dig The BIG Buy Low - Conclusion (October, 2005) Market Corrections can be good for the wallet! Corrections are part of the normal shock market menu, and can be brought about by either bad news or good news. If you don’t love corrections (and deal with them like visiting relatives) you really don’t understand the financial markets. Don’t be insulted, it seems as though very few investors see it this way.
29.	Bookmarks: 11	Continuing Education Programs for Individual Investors & Financial Professionals Our ten workshop road to better investment performance is available on the web in workshop format, or face-to-face at the Kiawah Island Golf Resort, and at reasonable locations of your choice.
30.	Bookmarks: 0	The Market Cycle Investment Management (MCIM) Program Investing with a calendar year focus has no basis in the realities of finance, business, or economics... isn't it obvious that the Stock and Bond Markets are far more closely related to the Business Cycle than to the Earth's around the Sun? The Market Cycle Investment Management Account Program provides better guidance--- and results.
31.	Bookmarks: 1	A Dismal Decade? No Way With Market Cycle Investing Once again The Wizards will attempt to debug the market cycle and create an upward only future for the masses. Try not to be abused again--- the markets aren't broken, just the market shakers. Your portfolio should be up in market value--- and not by just a little for the dismal decade.
32.	Bookmarks: 2	Market Cycle Investment Management Thinking Whatever happened to the Stock Market Cycle; the Interest Rate Cycle; Baby Jane? How did Wall Street get away with pushing these facts of financial life down the basement stairs? Most investors, I'm beginning to believe, and all financial advisors, media representatives, and market gurus have abandoned these fascinating curves for the comfort of a straight-edged twelve-month playing field... simple, yes; realistic, not.
33.	Bookmarks: 0	Sanco Services Two Sanco Services teaches investors how to design what we affectionately refer to as the: You probably don't need an annuity, really, income program. It emphasizes the generation of high levels of realized income within a portfolio that contains only high quality securities.
34.	Bookmarks: 0	Steve's Radio Appearances There are thousands of talk radio stations and programs throughout the country; hundreds of them specialize in Business and Finance topics. Talk radio is the main source of financial and business information for millions of Americans, second only to CNBC as the media of choice for investors who feel that they need to know what's going on in the financial markets throughout the day.
35.	Bookmarks: 1	Investment Guru Interview - Money Matters Radio - Part Two Even with the MCIM Mirror Portfolios that are based on six different model portfolios that I supervise, each participant account will contain securities purchased at different prices than in the model. These are designed for people who don't want to do it themselves, who like the Market Cycle Investment management approach, and who don't have regular disbursement needs.
36.	Bookmarks: 0	Wall Street Most Wanted: A New Blue Chip Market Indicator When investors start to question why their Municipal bond portfolios are trailing the gain in the Dow, or when retirees start to buy gold bullion instead of groceries, something is wrong. And it's the same ole stuff that produces the greed and fear that lead to investment-program-destroying mistakes every time. So let's look at the performance of the Dow, to gain some perspective.
37.	Bookmarks: 3	Investment Grade Value Stock Bargains - The Last Ten Standing The IGVSI Bargain Stock Monitor is one of three market statistics used as performance expectation analyzers for Market Cycle Investment Management portfolios. The value stock watchlist screening program identifies stocks that are trading at bargain price levels. At September's close, only ten bargains remain.
38.	Bookmarks: 7	Understanding Fixed Income Investing: Expectations - Part 1 I've come to the conclusion that the Stock Market is an easier medium for investors to understand (i.e., to form behavioral expectations about) than the Fixed Income Market. As unlikely as this sounds, experience proves it, irrefutably. Few investors grow to love volatility as I do, but most expect it in the Market Value of their equity positions.
39.	Bookmarks: 1	Investment Guru Interview - Money Matters Radio Network My goal is to never leave a profit of 10% (net/net) on the table, and that's goes for income securities as well as for equities. I'm almost always buying and selling, every day --- there's no inconsistency in that. The Glossary in The Brainwashing of the American Investor defines terms like bargain and Investment Grade Value Stock.
40.	Bookmarks: 1	The Dow Jones Industrials --- A Blue Chip Average No More To most investors, the DJIA provides all of the information they think they need, and they worship it mindlessly, thinking that this time tattered average has mystical predictive and analytic powers far beyond the scope of any other market number. It's Wall Street's rendition of 'The Emperor's New Clothes'.
41.	Bookmarks: 0	Insured, Tax Free, Municipal Bonds Yielding nearly 7%. Interested? Of course you should be interested. There are at least eight reasonable explanations for recent Municipal Bond price weakness --- there are at least eight excellent reasons why investors should be viewing this weakness as a buying opportunity. Lower prices and higher yields are good news for income investors!
42.	Bookmarks: 0	Wall Street Wisdom Vs. Market Cycle Investment Management Corrections are as much a part of the normal Market Cycle as rallies, and they can be brought about by either bad news or good news. Investors always over-analyze when prices become weak and over-indulge when prices are high, thus perpetuating the buy high, sell low Wall Street lunacy.
43.	Bookmarks: 0	Understanding Income Investing – Valid Expectations - Part One I've come to the conclusion that the stock market is an easier medium for investors to understand (to form behavioral expectations about) than the fixed income market. As unlikely as this sounds, experience proves it, irrefutably. When dealing with income purpose securities neither investors nor their advisors are comfortable with any downward movement at all.
44.	Bookmarks: 6	Income Investing: Go Ask Alice Don't let uniformed thinking sabotage your retirement program; don't let the selfish advice of a product sharpshooter send you chasing rabbits when IRE (interest rate expectations) or other temporary market conditions shrink the market value of your income portfolio. Feed your head; feed---your---head. Income pays the bills, and if the income level is both steady and adequate, there is no need to change investments.
45.	Bookmarks: 0	Stock Selection: Tools, Rules, and Sensible Trading Objectives The objective of the exercise is to have cash available for buying during every downturn --- can't happen unless you have the courage to take profits when prices are rising. Yes, you are expected to feel stupid in both exercises. When you feel like you sold too soon, the bubble buster is just around the corner.
46.	Bookmarks: 0	Income Investing: News, Mis-Information, and Opportunities There are at least eight reasonable explanations for recent price weakness --- there are at least eight excellent reasons why investors should be viewing this weakness as a buying opportunity. Clearly, the financial press has not attended any of my seminars on income investing. Lower prices and higher yields are good news for income investors!
47.	Bookmarks: 0	Things To Look For In An Investment Investment involves staking capital in an enterprise, with the expectation of profit. It is nothing but the use of liquid funds to gain income or increase capital. In order for money to grow, investors need to invest judiciously. There are certain guidelines to be followed to avoid major mistakes.Price of the Company: An investor needs to research on the ‘Market Capitalization’ of the company he is planning to invest in. Market Capitalization or Market Cap is the total co...
48.	Bookmarks: 0	The Era Of Disaster Recovery And Prevention... And What It Means To Investors The recovery from Katrina and Rita ushers in a new era of Disaster Recovery and Prevention. Governments and people are rethinking their response to disasters and the steps they can take to prevent or minimize the worst consequences. The biggest catalyst for this new era is the political fall-out from Katrina. The slow response to Katrina was a black eye for the Bush administration. For Michael Brown, the ex-head of FEMA, it was a national humiliation. The fates of Louisia...
49.	Bookmarks: 0	Business Operating Cost & Cashflow - How To Manage Business Operating Capital Operating expenses are those costs every business has that are not considered directly related to a company’s first line of business. Operating costs include sales and marketing, research and development (R&D), administrative costs and other costs which does not involve directly in the businessInvestors want to make sure management is doing the best job it can to keep these costs in control as well as maintaining their bottom line. Operating expenses are available on the ...
50.	Bookmarks: 0	Alternative Venture Finance: Federal Grants and Loans While most companies seeking venture capital initially think about angel investors and venture capitalists, a large alternative source of financing is federal grants and loans. The two largest federal grant programs are run by the Small Business Administration (SBA), and by Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs).
51.	Bookmarks: 0	Top 5 Emerging Real Estate Markets for 2006 The five countries with the most exciting emerging real estate sectors for property investors to consider for maximum rental yield and capital growth potential in 2006.
52.	Bookmarks: 0	The Most Exciting Property Market in Europe Why Montenegro offers property investors looking at the European real estate markets the most potential for short term income and long term gains.
53.	Bookmarks: 0	Take Credit for Heritage Restorations For a long time heritage properties suffered from a bum rap. Investors were reluctant to purchase a piece of the past because of the cost of dragging it into the present. Fortunately, in the last few decades, older properties have been rightfully recognized for their beauty and historical value and have become a hot commodity.
54.	Bookmarks: 0	Croatia: an Emerging European Real Estate Hotspot A look at why Croatia is currently offering international real estate investors the maximum potential for profit in Europe.
55.	Bookmarks: 0	10 Tips for Successful Real Estate Property Investment The top ten tips employed by the most successful real estate investors to ensure the success of their property portfolios.
56.	Bookmarks: 0	Important Components Of Forex Strategies Before, the forex market was limited only to long-term investors, banks and people who have greater capitals. The trading occurs via an agent or voice broker who will inform clients on what is going on. Later on, it was been replaced by a computerized automated systems. This was the early form of forex trading strategy.The trader which is either home-based or office-based or retail investor can possibly trade on real time with different banks with an aid of a broker. The ...
57.	Bookmarks: 0	Forex—how Can I Put The Odds In My Favor? How does an investor set themselves up for success when thinking about a market as large and volatile as the Forex? Also known as the Foreign Exchange market, the Forex allows investors to speculate on the movement of currency exchange rates between different countries. It is impossible to accurately predict the movements of the market all the time but many of the top investors maintain that there are ways to increase your odds of anticipating market fluctuations and capita...
58.	Bookmarks: 0	What To Do When The Banks Say No! Is it more traumatic to be told no by a date or a bank? Actually, I ‘m not sure but I can tell you I’ve gotten a lot of no’s from one of them…I’m not saying which. For many investors the no from the banks can be a serious problem. How can one possibly do real estate investing without a lender or a large amount of money in the bank? There is another way to do it. It is referred to by many as “private money” or a “silent partner”. It simply means t...
59.	Bookmarks: 0	The Role Of An Online Stock Broker The world of the Internet provides investors with a whole other world of investment. Because of the Internet you can get involved in the stock market on your own terms, with less money and be in contact with your stocks all the time. Online stock brokers play a large role in the investment life of people who want to get into investing but either don’t know where to start or don’t have a large capital to get them started. Online stockbrokers are very different from usual b...
60.	Bookmarks: 0	Stock Market Trading-3 Ways To Play The stock market has the image that Wall Street is the investment capital of the world. For the longest time it was as if it was a club with the only members being brokers. They even had a sign on the door that read, “brokers only”. With the Internet jumping on the bandwagon with online trading, investors of all types can join in the trading of stocks via their computer while in the comfort of their own home.Even though the stock market is open to everyone, you still need...
61.	Bookmarks: 0	Stock Market Strategies For Investors Investors can use a number of strategies to invest in the stock market. To begin with, they need to analyze market trends, learn about the market in which the companies they are interested in operate, and purchase shares at an appropriate time.Usually, good companies announce their profits, or their status in the market, at certain times of the year. The prices of their shares tend to increase before such announcements are made. Therefore, investors need to watch out for ...
62.	Bookmarks: 0	Online Stock Trading – Small Time Traders Versus Institutional Traders Online stock trading has taken a life of its own today. The local bourses worldwide are now booming with large amounts of trades being placed in markets like Shanghai and Shenzhen with local officials noting a large rise in the number of share trading accounts being opened.This article will list three strategies that large trading desks use and explain how the small investor can benefit from these same strategies.Trading StrategySmall time investors tend to rack u...
63.	Bookmarks: 0	Mortgage Advice: Home Equity Loans Can Finance an Investment Properties and Second Homes Many investors feel confident with real estate as a place to secure their future, believing that overall it will outperform cash, fixed interest deposits and other investments, particularly for the medium to long term. Second homes account for a full 40% of all homes sold in America. If you've been paying on your mortgage for more than five years and the interest rate is below market rate, a home equity loan would probably work better for you than a mortgage refinance.
64.	Bookmarks: 0	Is The Stock Market Right For You? You might have heard of small individual stock investors becoming rich from a few wise investments. Perhaps you long to become part of a large trading group that profits from the latest round of buying and selling shares of a company they hope will prove a moneymaker. While all of these tales sound like something that could add to your financial stability, you should know that thousands of people across the globe take a stab at the stock market and plenty retreat with disappo...
65.	Bookmarks: 0	Eight Rules For ETF Success Managing a global portfolio of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is a great way to build a diversified portfolio with exposure to equities around the globe. Fortunately, you need not be a rocket scientist to do this, but many investors fail to observe some basic guidelines, and it can get them into real trouble. Follow these eight steps and sleep easier.1. Liquidity Comes First: Before you even think of building an investment portfolio, you should set aside about six months of...
66.	Bookmarks: 0	Achieving Success In Oil & Natural Gas Investing Investments in oil & gas private placements, or direct participation projects should only be made by investors who understand, or learn how to implement a deliberate plan to minimize risk, while clearly understanding a likely, and reasonable risk/reward ratio...investors need to accept the over-all risk they must take to achieve the upside necessary to justify taking the risk in the first place.Investing in oil & gas projects usually takes a check-list approach in my view...
67.	Bookmarks: 0	Why Real Estate Investors Have Their Own Investment Criteria Writing down your real estate investment criteria means writing down your needs and wants in a real estate deal. It means outlining what you are looking for in a real estate opportunity. Having written criteria can help you grow as an investor and can make it easier for you to land the best real estate deals.
68.	Bookmarks: 0	Tax Tips for Real Estate Investors Using IRA Funds People are starting to use their IRAs for direct real estate investment... Does this make sense? What are the tax traps? CPA and tax professor Stephen L. Nelson explains the basics.
69.	Bookmarks: 0	Section 1031 Exchanges for Real Estate Investors Summary of the tax rules for an investor to sell real estate and replace with like kind property under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code.
70.	Bookmarks: 0	Investors Are Finding Opportunities Beyond Their U.S. Borders Experts say global and international mutual funds can represent a world of opportunity for investors.
71.	Bookmarks: 0	Swiss Banks Traditional Leaders In Financial Privacy When most investors think about offshore asset havens, the first prospect that comes to mind is the traditional Swiss Bank Account. This has become a virtual stereotype of asset protection, probably because Swiss banks have been in this field of financial services the longest compared to other countries.Switzerland has maintained a longstanding political distance between itself and the rest of Europe; it maintained neutrality through both World Wars (leading to charges it...
72.	Bookmarks: 0	Ways to earn good profit out of mutual fund. It is more of commonsense than an art or science. Mutual funds are created with pre-determined investment objectives, to suit different kind of investors. The mutual funds are made in such a way that they achieve a variety of risk/reward objectives, thus providing returns to investors on the level of risk which he wants to undertake in order to achieve the expected returns.
73.	Bookmarks: 0	The Basics Of Forex Broker Selection Before engaging in Forex trading, you should carefully examine the environment. The risks and money can be very high and therefore should not be neglected. Not all investments are profitable; similarly, not all investors are suited to the Forex market. If you are uncertain, you can ask for the advice or help of a Forex broker.Numerous Forex brokers are available in the market and a careful selection must be made. Intensive research should be done to have knowledge of the ...
74.	Bookmarks: 1	Should You Invest In Mutual Funds Or Stocks? With so many options out there for the individual investor, it is sometimes difficult to determine that investments are right for you. The key to having a long-term, stable and profitable portfolio is to diversify your investments. For many investors the process of diversification includes investing in both mutual funds and stocks. The best course is to learn all you can about both types of investments and find your ideal balance between the two.Mutual funds are open-end ...
75.	Bookmarks: 0	Penny Priced Stock Options Sometimes investors feel that they do not have sufficient leverage. When this happens, they find it difficult to use the opportunities that present themselves and make a profit from them. Penny options are one good way to gain leverage and build your portfolio at the same time.A lot of stocks are priced incrementally – for example, at five or ten cent increments. Penny stock pricing methods do not use increments but vary by pennies. Traders can increase their leverage wit...
76.	Bookmarks: 0	Mutual funds: protect yourself with segregated funds Segregated funds were initially developed by the insurance industry to compete against mutual funds. Today, many mutual fund companies are in partnership with insurance companies to offer segregated funds to investors. Segregated funds offer some unique benefits not available to mutual fund investors.
77.	Bookmarks: 0	Jumping Into Forex? — Jumping Off A Cliff! It is very, very simple: the Forex market can help make all your dreams come true or it can become a total nightmare and bleed you dry. As with anything in life, it helps to have a strategy in place to help guide present and future decisions. For Forex investors, there are a lot of options from which to choose, including:• Scalping• Swing• Position• Discretionary• AutomatedAll of the investment strategies listed above have been proven effective in various ways...
78.	Bookmarks: 0	Forex — There Is No Sure Fire System Anyone claiming to have a sure fire trading strategy for the Forex is either lying or truly a genius because none exists—period. The Foreign Exchange market, or Forex, is the single largest market in the world. Actually, the Forex has no centralized market location but instead exists as an informal trading network where banks, governments, and retail investors can all come together and exchange currencies. Retail investors trade on the Forex via a software platform typically ...
79.	Bookmarks: 0	ETFs Unplugged Is your financial advisor missing a critical piece to the ETF?Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are great investment tools but most have a flaw that investors and advisors usually miss. Let’s take a look under the hood and introduce some new and innovative ETF products. Essentially, ETFs are nothing more than an index fund that trades like a stock. Because of their simplicity, flexibility, low cost and tax efficiency they are growing fast. Last year the Barclays iShares fa...
80.	Bookmarks: 0	Can You Make A Killing In The Securities Market In 2007? Imagine a world a world in which either all investors have costless access to currently available access about the future , all investors are good analysts , all investors pay close attention to market prices and adjust their holdings appropriately and that all investors pay close attention to market prices and adjust their holdings appropriately.Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy?In such a market a security’s price would be a good estimate of its investment value, whe...
81.	Bookmarks: 0	Buying property in Montenegro Having got themselves well on the road to recovery after the Balkans war (with billions of dollars of foreign aid), Montenegro has become a property investors dream. Sharing a border with Croatia meant that it has been a logical step to move further along the Adriatic coast to find a new, untapped market, especially for those who missed out on getting in at the ground floor of the Croatian property boom ...
82.	Bookmarks: 0	What Are Bridging Loans Bridging loans have come into their own as a form of finance for the enterprising and shrewd borrower. The bridging market has grown exponentially over the last few years and is now estimated to be worth over £2.5 billion and growing at 25% per year. Although it still has a role to assist borrowers release cash quickly it is increasingly being used to help property developers and investors.As well as traditional uses for bridging loans, such as residential property, there...
83.	Bookmarks: 0	Tax Time Tips For Rental Property Investors While owning a rental property can be a terrific way to bring in income, those extra dollars can make things complicated when it comes to preparing a tax return.
84.	Bookmarks: 0	Wave “Goodbye” To Uncle Sam’s Taxes There exists an incredibly powerful wealth-building strategy that has been around since 1921, and is still used by the country's most savvy real estate investors. Remarkably, the IRS made this tax deferral possible.Put simply, you can defer (possibly forever, if you meet a certain condition which I’ll share in a moment) capital gains taxes on the profits from the sale of a foreign property if you use the proceeds of the sale to buy another foreign property.I’ve helped...
85.	Bookmarks: 11	Second Home Are a Great Investment The new millennium has not been good to stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other financial investments. Most investors have found that the best performing asset in their portfolio is their home. Real estate has been a safe haven for investors with appreciation far outpacing other investments. With the security and growing values of residential real estate, a growing number of home owners are now investing in a second home.
86.	Bookmarks: 0	Property in Prague Prior to and since the Czech Republics accession into the EU in 2004, property in Prague has appealed strongly to investors for a number of reasons. To look first at some underlying reasons we can firstly say that not only Prague’s position as the Czech Republics capital but also it’s position as a stunningly beautiful city with so much to offer has led to it attracting not only tourists but also much high value business investment from both local and international companies.
87.	Bookmarks: 0	Parkbridge Capital and Successful Real Estate Investing While the state of the economy has made numerous potential investors skittish, many with years of experience in real estate are bullish about today's investment opportunities.
88.	Bookmarks: 0	Just Who Trades Forex Currencies? Fifteen years ago, you would not hear about people trading on the Forex market—at least not real people. Until that time, only central banks, large hedge funds, and other financial giants like Warren Buffet could afford to dabble in the currencies markets. Today, however, the Forex is the most fluid market in the world with nearly 2 trillion dollars trading hands from Sunday through Friday afternoon—24 hours a day. Investors from all over the world are drawn to the Forex for ...
89.	Bookmarks: 0	How To Build A Million Pound Property Portfolio Looking to quickly build a million pound property portfolio? You could try a high risk and speculative technique that has been used over recent years by investors hoping to make big profits from property.
90.	Bookmarks: 0	How a 1031 Exchange Works A 1031 exchange can be a great benefit for investors. Learn what they are, and how to easily overcome some obstacles to use this tax deferral to your advantage.
91.	Bookmarks: 0	Great Starting Ideas For the New Real Estate Investor In his interview with me, John Paul Moses, who is the founder of our Local Memphis Investors Group, was willing to give us some tips about how to start as a real estate investor. After reading “Rich Dad, Poor Dead” by Robert Kiyosaki he decided to start as a real estate investor.
92.	Bookmarks: 0	Alternatives To High Risk Mortgage Refinancing Most investors find themselves in a cash crunch at one time or another. Vacancies, renovations, changes in mortgage terms and interest rates, municipal fees and taxes, it can all add up.This leaves investors scrambling to balance their portfolios. Most refinance with an eye on mortgage products with lower monthly payments. The current product of choice is the interest only mortgage.This mortgage lets property owners pay the interest part of a loan monthly, while makin...
93.	Bookmarks: 0	Raising Capital: 5 Reasons An Investor Won't Invest! When it comes to raising capital for your company, it is important to understand the difference between objective and subjective investors and the reasons investors won't invest. The subjective investor is some how connected to you. Often referred to as Friends and Family, but in reality they are investors with a connection to you directly through a common connection like your friends and family. These investors, or friends, believe in what you are doing and invest in your ...
94.	Bookmarks: 0	Mutual Fund Investing Simplified What is a mutual fund anyways an average person may well ask?A mutual fund is simply a co-operative means by which means many people can pool their savings together and have it professionally managed and as well take advantage of institutional volume discount pricing of purchase and sales commissions.The concepts of pooling allow investors with relative small amounts of money to access investments that may require larger sums to achieve affordability.Government an...
95.	Bookmarks: 0	How To Plan For Raising Capital With Investors? In planning for a successful funding campaign, you must expose your investment opportunity to enough investors.The Kugarand Theory of Investing states that for every …1 investor who invests,3 say they will invest, and15 investors were exposed to your investment opportunity to get to the three to get to the one Investor who actually invests.For example, if your company is raising $1 million dollars and has a minimum investment of $25,000, then your company ...
96.	Bookmarks: 0	How to export to China There are mainly 3 ways foreign investors can adopt to export their goods in China mainly 1) direct distribution of goods into China, 2) establishment of a joint venture and lastly 3) acquiring a qualified agent or distributor with a vast sales network.
97.	Bookmarks: 1	Exit Strategies for Businesses While you may not wish to think of the end of a business venture just as you are about to begin, you can be assured that investors will. This is why you must have a sound exit strategy to show them before they will be willing to put money into your business.
98.	Bookmarks: 0	Cost Segregation give apartment owners tax relief Apartment owners can face staggering expenses to maintain apartment communities. The upkeep of even a modest community could involve groundskeeping, unit renovation, and replacements, such as parking lot asphalt and fencing. Another steep expense is federal income tax - and in some areas an additional state tax on income - but through an innovative study known as cost segregation, the depreciation of property components can be used to help lower federal taxes.
99.	Bookmarks: 0	Alternative Investors Eye Private Companies In broad strokes, Entrex is a brand-new market for the alternative investment community. It takes the compliance standards and reporting structures that have long been a part of the public investing market and applies them to private companies.
100.	Bookmarks: 0	Lee Meekcoms Sees Housing and Recreation Trends Shift as Baby Boomers Enter Retirement With the first of the Baby Boomers cashing Social Security checks, it's not surprising that everyone from real estate investors to financial analysts are sitting up and taking notice.