Investing and Understanding What You Buy I don't really know how cars actually work. Not really! I know how to drive them, but if you asked me how they work, I would not really know how to definitely explain it.
Penny Stock Investing Learn the difference between micro-cap stocks and the more conventional blue-chip and mid-cap investments...
Bearish or Bullish? Anyone else interested in demystifying investing in the stock market?
Finding the Perfect Company In an age of pump and dump trading and economic wobble, maybe the best approach to investing doesn't involve watching the market non-stop. Maybe it's just a matter of finding the "perfect company".
Beginning Investor - Investment Terms Having trouble with the complex misunderstood financial terms you hear the "financially gifted" talking about? With this little list, you'll be spitting out terms like a pro...
Angel Investors: Who They Are & When Are They Appropriate Angel investors are individuals who invest in emerging business ventures. Angels typically provide both capital and know-how to companies who are in either their start-up or expansion phases. To reflect the increased risk of investing in such firms, angels seek a higher rate of return versus traditional public stock investments.
Investing and Asset Allocation Sometimes you spend sleepless nights worrying about which stocks to buy and which to sell, which funds to own and which to dump and whether to get into bonds.
Investing In Sons Business Could Cause A Real Family Feud A loan from a relative is no different than a loan from a bank. You, Mr. Banker, are giving your son, Mr. Borrower, the use of your money for a specific period of time and you fully expect the loan to be paid back under specific terms, even if his business goes south. Sure, you will probably be a little more forgiving than a bank when the loan goes unpaid, but the damage to your personal relationship could be extreme and hard to repair.
For Entrepreneurs A SIMPLE Plan May Be Best Let me give you a quick overview of a few of the retirement plans available to small businesses so you at least have an idea of what's out there before you start your search for a good financial advisor.
Keeping It Interesting Have you noticed that long-term rates have fallen while short-term rates have risen? Low long-term rates keep the housing market active (a positive, maybe), with the implicit suggestion of a slowing economy (a drop in long-term borrowing by corporations suggests a slow down in the economy). All of this is happening as the Federal Reserve torques rates higher!
Retire Dollar Smart Jim Miller is a registered investment advisor. This means that he is not beholden to a particular brokerage or financial institution. As such, he does not charge monthly fees for "money-managing"; instead, through a consultation fee he is free to give whatever advice will best benefit his clients; he doesn't have to serve them whatever "flavor of the month" the brokerage or financial institution happens to like at that point in time. His investment advice in his book, "Retire Dollar Smart," is clear and filled with common sense.
New U.S. Mint Coins a Golden Opportunity New U.S. Mint 24-karat gold coins may be an opportunity for the Mint to capture a bigger share of the $2.4 billion gold bullion coin market, says a 32-year veteran of the gold bullion industry. The U.S. Mint's Gold Eagles are the world's best selling 22-karat gold coins...
Basic Options Terms Options are good investing and speculative instruments. But options terminology may confuse even experienced investors. In this article we will take up some basic options terms.
Online Trading Options Strategies - Rolling Rolling is defined in options online trading as moving a position from one strike to another either vertically in the same month, horizontally to another month or some combination thereof.
Will a Falling Dollar Derail Your Plans for Retirement? By now we are all familiar with the decreasing value of the US dollar. What you don't know about this situation could hurt you. Learn why this is happening, what the implications are for your retirement portfolios, and what you can do today to protect investment assets that you have spent a lifetime creating.
Planning for Retirement Almost without exception, people don't start planning for their retirement early enough in their lives. Young people leaving High School or College and going into their first paid position find it difficult to look or see ahead to age sixty or sixty-five. Still, time marches on and retirement does arrive...
Invest or be Pink Slipped Corporations attempt to make the best use of their resources. You must do the same! And when the corporation is no longer the best use of your resource give them their pink slip. Think like a corporation about how you can increase your earnings quarter by quarter.
The Arrow-Debreu Contingent Claims Model of Investment The Nobel-prizing winning paradigm of Arrow and Debreu, the so-called contingent claims model of speculation, contains a flaw identified by Nagatani (1975). This flaw relates to uncertainty of traders about what price will prevail in a given state of the world. Prices are normally endogenous to a market and determined by supply and demand. Unless prices are defined exogenously in the state of the world, traders in these models will speculate on what they believe others think the prevailing prices will be.
Winter Skin Savers Do you have the winter skin blues? Is the itching and flaking driving you crazy? Don't worry; you can take steps to protect and soothe your body's largest org...
10 Tips on How to Increase Your Website Traffic Posting an article online has more of a dramatic affect than one might think for your
home based business. Posting articles online builds the needed momentum o...
A Short Journey to Your Divine Self Where is God? Religions ask us to have faith that God exists somewhere "out there". In this article I hope to lead you through a simple yet transformative exerc...
Tips on Sexing Discus Fish If you are wanting to breed discus and are growing some young ones on or are buying adult discus from a dealer, here are a few tips that can help you sex discus...
Chakras and Flowers How do you connect chakras, the energy centres of the body in Eastern tradition, and flowers, pretty, ephemeral, bright, cheerful manifestations of nature?
The 2 Best-Kept Secrets Of The Internet Sick of information overload on what it really takes to succeed on the web? All you need to remember is these two simple things..
What are Glyconutrients? Simply stated, the Greek word glyco refers to "sweet." Hence, a glyconutrient is a biochemical that contains a sugar molecule. The prefix "glyco" can be placed ...
8 Quick Ways to Reduce Local Phone Service Charges Local phone service is a major corporate expense. There are ways to reduce costs by 10-20% however. These 8 quick ways will put more money back in your pocket...
Forgot The Ad Budget? Dont Panic! With many businesses, planning an advertising budget and strategy is the last thing they think of. If this reminds you of someone you know, don't panic. Read th...
Your One-Day, Ten-Step Strategic Plan You don't have to kill a tree or shut down the office for a week to create a successful strategic plan. In fact, you can create a successful plan for your busin...
Honeymooning on the Waves Cruising down the river was always deemed by couples the ultimate romantic date. You can't be much more together alone than when you're separated from the rest ...
Is Your Life Significant? In this world of increasing materialism, instant gratification and compromised morals, finding significance in life is more like a search for the Holy Grail. Bu...
Getting the Groom Involved - 10 Wedding Planning Tips Gone are the days when wedding planning was the sole responsibility of the bride and her mother. Consider these 10 tips to encourage the groom to share the wedd...
