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  • Gold Topping $500 Really is a Big Deal  By : Bill Haynes
    As gold topped $500, the news became front-page across the country, and radio and TV financial programs led off talking about the price of gold. Invariably, all noted that gold had reached nearly a two-decade high. Yet it is doubtful any of the reporters assigned to the story really grasped the importance of gold topping $500.
  • Saving Money For College… Key Strategies  By : Adwina Jackson
    One day you will wake up and your children will be ‘grown’ and heading off to school.

    Have you thought about how you will finance their education?
    If you haven’t heard already, the cost of a decent education is continually rising above and beyond what ordinary people can afford.

    If you have more than one child, you can expect a financial burden that might almost seem overwhelming.

    Did you know that within the next 10 years, the cost of an average education for a...
  • The Process of Due Diligence  By : Sam Vaknin
    A business which wants to attract foreign investments must present a business plan. But a business plan is the equivalent of a visit card. The introduction is very important - but, once the foreign investor has expressed interest, a second, more serious, more onerous and more tedious process commences: Due Diligence.
  • Financial Investor, Strategic Investor  By : Sam Vaknin
    In the not so distant past, there was little difference between financial and strategic investors. Investors of all colors sought to safeguard their investment by taking over as many management functions as they could.
  • Investment Formulas - What Purpose Do They Serve?  By : Kevin Erickson
    What exactly does a formula do? A complete detailed explanation can be as vast and complex as each individual investor and is beyond the scope of this article but a brief summary of a formula's usefulness would include the two primary functions it fulfills.

    First, over a full market cycle, it will improve your investment profits without the application of any thought whatsoever on your part. A good thing for most investors, because the less emotion they inject into their i...
  • Investing - How To Profit Using Formulas  By : Kevin Erickson
    A classic Wall Street yarn, concerning a young man who was in the early stages of learning to be a professional speculator goes something like this. The young man had a problem, so he went to an elderly gentleman noted for his shrewd investment judgment, for advice. The young man had taken on quite an extensive line of stocks, but the market looked a bit over-valued and so he was thinking that his positions carried too many risks. He wondered if he shouldn't perhaps sell. He ...
  • Offshore Investing: The Perfect Solution  By : Juan José
    Offshore investment is an expression heard often, but not necessarily understood by the masses. Here is a breakdown of the definition of the phrase and some generalizations concerning it.

    First of all, the term “offshore” indicates something being foreign or outside of the domestic territory of one of the G8. The G8 (Group of Eight) refers to the annual summit of the government heads of the eight most prominent nations in the world. These eight nations are Canada, France,...
  • Investments and How to Find Them  By : Joseph Kenny
    There are risks involved in all investing. The skill of investing is knowing which risks are worth taking, and which should be avoided. Finding and knowing which risks to take is the essence of good investing and the whole reason that investments can pay such a high reward.
  • E-gold Investing: Make Money With Currency Trading  By : Charles Cruz
    Many people are already starting to pay attention to the newest online trend: E-gold investing.

    E-gold investing is a all about a system that allows you to profit from the money that is being traded everyday on the internet. What you're doing when you are trading e-gold (or e-currencies) is that you are providing the backup for internet money. Let me go back a bit. What exactly do I mean by "backup for internet money"?

    There is a cashflow of all of the money that is bei...
  • Different Kinds Of Investments  By : Juan José
    These days, you can’t retire without using the returns from investments. You can’t count on your social security checks to cover your expenses when you retire. It’s barely enough for people who are receiving it now to have food, shelter and utilities. That doesn’t account for any care you may need or in the even that you need to take advantage of such funds much earlier in life. It is important to have your own financial plan. There are many kinds of investments you can make ...
  • Congress Approves .9999 Fine Gold Coins  By : Bill Haynes
    New .9999 fine (24 karat) 1-oz legal tender $50 gold coins will be added to the U.S. Mint's line of gold bullion coins in 2006 when President Bush signs into law a bill that Congress passed in December. The legislation calls for the Mint to have the coins ready to distribute by June 2006, but the coins may be ready before then.
  • Discovering Turnaround Candidates  By : Hari Wibowo
    I personally like turnaround stocks for two main reasons; First, turnaround stocks have problems in the open. The problem has been disclosed and our task as investor is to figure out how much the company is worth should the problem persists or when the problem goes away.
  • When To Buy And Sell  By : Hari Wibowo
    The mechanism of buying and selling is quite easy. It is as easy as pressing a button in front of your computer screen. The question of when investors should buy and sell warrant a more detailed analysis.
  • Emotion In Investing  By : Hari Wibowo
    Humans are all emotional being. We do not always make decisions rationally. Emotion is part of us as investors. Investors might feel better towards stocks at certain point or they might feel that owning stocks are risky and avoid it at all cost.
  • Positive Net Cash  By : Hari Wibowo
    Every investor's goal is to find undervalued investment and then sell it when it reaches fair value. To find the fair value of a common stock, we need to predict the profits generated by the stock over a period of time. This prediction may not be accurate.
  • It Pays To Be Stingy  By : Hari Wibowo
    There are other ways to boost our retirement account other than cutting your expense by a few dollars a day. But first, you have to understand the importance of boosting just one percentage of your return. 1% does not seem much. After all, if you have saved a dollar a day, after the first year, your savings would have grown larger by $ 3.65. So, why bother, right? Wrong.
  • Net Income Over Cash Flow  By : Hari Wibowo
    As with other investing tools, cash flow from operations cannot be used independently of other ratios. Each and every financial ratio has its strengths and weaknesses. I believe that cash flow does not reflect the true earning power of a company because of short-term fluctuations of the balance sheet and the addition of depreciation expense into a firm's cash flow.
  • When IRAs, 401(k)s, and Other Tax-sheltered Investments Don’t Make Sense  By : Stephen L. Nelson, CPA
    Are there times when it DOESN'T make sense to contribute more money to your IRA or 401k? You bet--as CPA & bestselling author & CPA Stephen L. Nelson explains.
  • Read This If You Can’t Possibly Save Enough for Retirement  By : Stephen L. Nelson, CPA
    Worried about saving for retirement? Here are three outside-of-the-box tips from CPA Stephen L. Nelson.
  • How to Avoid Dumb Investment Mistakes  By : Stephen L. Nelson, CPA
    In two decades as a CPA, Stephen L. Nelson has seen some dumb investment decisions. Get his tips about how to avoid the dumbest investment mistakes.
  • Investing Tips For Beginners  By : Stephen Kreutzer
    Investing can be confusing, especially for the beginner. Getting some basic tips can help a beginning investor to make informed choices that fit their needs. Each person has a different goal when investing and that plays a big impact on how you invest. The following list explains some things beginners should know before investing.

    1. Understand that there are no set rules for investing. There are no guarantees and no perfect way to invest.

    2. Make informed choices. Befo...
  • Things To Do Before Investing Into A High Yield Investment Program  By :
    We have compiled a short list of some of the things you can do before investing into a program to make sure you get the most for your money:

    #1 - Search all HYIP forums for the name of the HYIP. Check for people spamming about the program, as this usually is a sign of a short lived scam. Look for people's opinions. Often those who have been investing in HYIPs for some time are the ones with the best insite. Most importantly, look for complaints of people who have not been ...
  • High Yield Investing Is Like A Game Of Poker  By :
    We often get newbies emailing us asking whether or not investing in HYIP's is worth the time and the risk. This is a great question and the short answer is "it all depends".

    First of all, the main question you must ask yourself before investing in any HYIP is: "Do you plan on investing money that you will definitely need in the future?" In other words, is your life going to be made worse off if you lose the money that you plan to invest? Unlike secure Stocks, Bonds, and o...
  • How Long Should You Stick With A High Yield Investing Program?  By :
    Most people ask us when we feel is the right time for them to stop compounding/reinvesting and take their money out of a program. This is a tough answer to give. It all depends on the program that is invested in and the rate of return. Usually we recommend the following for the below 3 categories:

    Type #1 HYIP - Low stable payers (Pays between 2-7% per week, 8-28% per month). This type of program is probably one of the safer types around. More likely than types 2 and 3, th...
  • Commodity Futures Trading – Why It's Not For Average Investors  By : Charles J. Phelan
    Explains commodity and futures trading and the pitfalls of this type of investment you won't hear from the newsletter writers and "commodity trading gurus."
  • E Gold Investments: Investing Smartly With E-Currency Exchange  By :
    Investors are now starting to move their investments to the most recent investment trend: Making money with E-gold.

    When you make an investment in E gold is a all about a profitable system that allows you to capitalize from the money that is moved through online transactions everyday. The process that is going on when you are trading e-Gold (or e-currencies) is providing the support for online cash. But let me back up the cassette. What am I trying to say by "support for o...
  • Can You Invest With Just $100?  By : Sam Chim
    Many private investors do not have a large amount of capital at their disposal to invest in stocks. Some take the route of Penny Stocks to generate high returns but some people find these too risky. Indeed, Penny Stocks ARE risky – if you do not know how to carry out research.

    There are many other ways to invest. I’m going to tell you about one investment opportunity that gives high returns with little research. Anyone can do it. I am talking about Offshore Investments, al...
  • Investment Advisors 101… ask some questions.  By : Steve Selengut
    Why do people become Investment Advisors? Call me skeptical, but I don’t think it’s the ethereal glow they feel after implementing your new Financial Plan. Actually (once you appreciate that IAs are the primary delivery system for Wall Street’s huge collection of one-size-fits-all products), you’ll realize that it’s the money.
  • Investing Without Brakes Is Hazardous To Your Portfolio  By : Francis Kier
    Many investors do not have a contingency plan on what to do when their investments fall sharply, and can lose it all on one bad trade.
  • Investing vs. Trading: Who Cares Anyway?  By : Francis Kier
    Don't put on "long-term blinders" to avoid doing the work to increase your investments.

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