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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Begging your trust in africa
- The syntax is tortured, the grammar mutilated, but the message - sent by snail mail, telex, fax, or e-mail - is coherent: an African bigwig or his heirs wish to transfer funds amassed in years of graft and venality to a safe bank account in the West. They seek the recipient's permission to make use of his or her inconspicuous services for a percentage of the loot - usually many millions of dollars...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Porters five forces analysis
- If you've ever listened to Warren Buffett talk about investing, you've heard him mention the idea of a company's moat. The moat is a simple way of describing a company's competitive advantages. Company's with a strong competitive advantage have large moats, and therefore higher profit margins. And investors should always be concerned with profit margins.This article looks at a methodology c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eight questions to ask your financial advisor
- You may like your financial advisor, but is he really looking out for you? All advisors are not created equal, and you have a right to know what makes them different! You also have a right to ask yours if he compares!(1) Do you use a holistic approach to financial planning by determining my values and goals?(2) Do you work on a fee-only basis, a commission basis, or both, and why?...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What is an investor ready business plan
- A Business Plan, as all good entrepreneurs starting out in life should know is the foundation, or rather a springboard, towards the establishment and growth of a new business. A business plan is an essential tool for companies raising capital ? and your business plan needs to be Investor Ready.What is an Investor Ready business plan?An investor ready business plan is a document that ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Rolling your 401k: contributory ira vs. rollover ira
- In an ideal world you would start your working career with a great company in your early 20s, steadily climb the corporate ladder, retire at age 65, and draw a sufficient income from your accumulated 401k account to live happily ever after.Unfortunately, that's not how the real world works. If you are like most people, you will change careers, or at least companies, several times. Each time...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - It?s not the size of your bank account
- You might think that if you win the lottery or get a huge raise, all your problems will be solved. Sounds logical, right? Well, it might sound logical, but it isn't. Having a bigger bank account will not make all of your problems disappear. Why? Because money is nothing more than a giant magnifying glass. Any problems you have with money only get bigger when you have more of it. There are people w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The cost of green eggs and ham
- Young readers know that March 4th is the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Many parents trip their tongues over Seuss stories like "Green Eggs and Ham". "Do you like green eggs and ham?/I do not like them, Sam-I-am./I do not like green eggs and ham".Our son wields a wild spatula when making his April Fool's Day green eggs and ham. Sometimes his culinary skills warrant a cost per item analysis the same...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 25 ways to find companies to buy
- When you start your program to purchase your "ideal" company, you quickly realize that your ultimate success will depend on two primary skill sets: 1) Your ability to FIND viable companies that are for sale, and 2) Your ability to effectively qualify the potential acquisition investment once found.This article is about only step one, how to creatively find viable companies and one...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to terror-proof your money
- "To drift is to be in hell, to be in heaven is to steer." -George Bernard ShawFormer Homeland Security Director, Tom Ridge, has said it's not a matter of "if" we'll have another terrorist attack, but when. Like the attack of 9/11, the financial effects of another terror attack will be felt by almost everyone who lives in the United States. If you have been lulled into a false sense of compl...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stock market money management skills
- Let's start by saying: You can't be afraid to take a loss. The investors that are the most successful in the stock market are the people who are willing to lose money.Having a strategy and/or a specific philosophy is an excellent starting point to investing but it won't mean a thing if you can't manage your money. As I have said a million times: without cash, you can't invest.Most in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Reasons for joining an investment club
- Whether you're a novice investor or an experienced stock picker an investment club may be beneficial to growing your investment portfolio. This article explains what an investment club is, why you should have an investment program and finally why you should join an investment club.An investment club is nothing more then a group of individuals that all share the same common bond of wanting t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Going against the conventional investment wisdom
- First of all, I want to give everyone the disclaimer that I am not a registered financial advisor and I don't play one on TV. Therefore, I cannot legally provide financial advice and I will not do so. This is for informational purposes only and I'm not recommending any of my personal investment strategies to anyone else. Now, with that being said, I will outline some techniques I use for my person...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - To retire rich, save and invest early
- If you want to retire rich, start saving investing early. The most powerful tool when it comes to retiring rich, is compounding your returns on money saved when you are young. Through the power of compound interest, cash invested today has a massive impact on your wealth level when you retire.Look at it this way, assuming a retirement age of 65 and an annual compounded rate of return of 10%...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The 8 biggest mistakes when designing portfolios - and how to avoid them
- Are you as good an investor as you think? Do you consider yourself a well-informed investor able to anticipate and avoid nearly all pitfalls associated with investing? Chances are, you are making one of the common errors that could cost you hundreds or even thousands of dollars, or worse yet, your financial independence, control and security."I see people making the same costly mistake...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Retirement or financial freedom?
- In the past most people never retired. They died. The average life expectancy was much less than it is these days, and there were no financial planners around to help people save up enough to quit work. As recently as the 1960's, if you did manage to save up enough money to retire, you'd be lucky to live another 5 or 6 years before you kicked the bucket. This made financial planning for retirement...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Retirement is never urgent until
- If you're like many people, your retirement savings have not been growing consistently over the years. We're not referring to the wild fluctuations in the stock market, but rather the fluctuations in our short-term needs. Every once in a while, it just seems like a good idea to yank ALL those retirement savings out and pay for something.You might need to pay for a down payment. You might ne...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Poof goes your rrif !
- Some time ago I attended a seminar where participants were told to burn some money; a reasonably-sized amount of money. You should have heard the gnawing and gnashing of teeth in that room! Step right up, folks, and light it on fire. Come on now. It's only money.Some people, likely less adept at saving than others, actually rushed forward in an attempt to show how money had no hold over the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Love the thrill of risk? invest in an annuity!
- With the stock market in steep decline, people are looking for safe places to invest their savings. Many banks and investment companies are pushing annuities. Annuities offer a higher interest rate than CD's, but are they safe?You could view an annuity as a tax deferred CD. You don't pay taxes on the interest until you start drawing from the annuity. But there are some important differences...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Beta factors: how they can be used in the current situation
- Ever since the turn of the century, world stock markets have been very volatile. In other words there have been significant movements (up or down) in share prices. This phenomenon has been evidenced by the collapse in recent years of the share prices of the dot com companies (e.g. Yahoo, Amazon etc.) and the sharp falls in the share prices of telecommunication stocks (e.g. British Telecom, Marconi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The dreaded direct question
- (Please have a glass of water within reach before reading this article.)Your personal financial planning is the topic of discussion here today, but not quite yet. First I would like to bring your attention to the issue of bragging.The other day I was carrying on about how well our website was doing on the various search engines. If you typed in financial planning Victoria, or financi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why do you want to become a online trader?
- Motivational guru Tony Robbins teaches that the reason for doing something rates much higher than the methods you use to get the job done. In order to make your goal REAL, you need to attach severe, horrifying, intense and profound fear to failure.Open up a notepad either on a desk or on your computer in a quite place and write a 50-page letter to yourself surrounding this question:...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Angels, are they real?
- They're real, but few survive. High risk investing is dangerous to your bank balance. The process toward extinction is that an angel risks money in one venture. It fails. Then, he joins a group of angels and risks money in another venture. It fails. At this point, the angel usually hands in his or her wings.To be an angel, you must have considerable discretionary income. This is why most an...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What age should i start saving for retirement?
- Ask this question to 100 people and you will receive 100 very different answers. The fact of the matter is there is no right age to start. But don't fret (did I just say fret?) knowledge is power!To borrow a line from Star Wars, "Use the force Luke." The force I'm speaking of is compound interest. Since our main objective is to find an ideal age to begin saving, you have to unders...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stocks: reduce risk yet maximize profits
- It is important to note that every smart investor wants to minimize risk while maximizing profit potential. Yet conventional investment theory tells us that in order to increase returns, you have to increase risk.You may be surprised to find that this conventional wisdom is not always true.When I was a professional stock trader, I made most of my profits from appreciation in my portf...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Quit and retire three years earlier!
- For most people, there is a direct correlation between how worried they are about retirement income, and how much they can actually do about it. This is because the more worried you are, the closer you probably are to retirement, and the less time you have to do anything ? like save up. Effective 'saving up' requires time. Time so your money can grow. Save an extra $200 a month, three years before...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - College savings plans ? are they the best choice for my child?
- College Savings Plans ? are they the best choice for my child?College Savings Plans, also called Section 529 plans, are one of the best ways to save for college because they offer:- Tax advantages- A variety of investment options- Flexible contribution options- Parental control- Little impact on eligibility for need-based financial aidTax advantages...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Which ira is best for you?
- An Ira is one of the greatest ways to save on taxes currently and accumulate money for the future.For individuals three types of IRA's will normally come under consideration.The Traditional or Regular IRA The Education IRA The Roth IRAEducation IRA is now called the Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA).Education IRAs allow you to save for qualified higher e...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A gadfly on a dinosaurs butt, or the hood-winking of the american investor
- Have you ever noticed how some words in the English language are so perfectly named for what they describe? And how some words seem to be, I guess you could say, backwards? For instance, the word sunflower! How wonderfully aptly named is the sunflower, that beautiful yellow flower that follows the sun from sunrise to sunset.And then there are those words in the English language where there ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Brain snappers and other wall street nonsense
- The last time you spoke with your broker did he use any of the following words? Diversification, Price-to-earnings ratios, discretionary trading, lifting a leg (he's talking to you not your dog), leverage, divergence, fee-based compensation, escalator clause, tactical asset allocation and other mesmerizing words to place you in stupefying shock.Brokers do that to let you know that you don't...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stock market leaders and laggards
- Leaders are stocks that breakout immediately when the market confirms a new rally. In the first several weeks, strong stocks with leadership ability will breakout on volume above their 50-day average. Some of these stocks will breakout on the largest volume ever. Typically, newer stocks that have come public in the past few years will have the most strength for sizable gains.As multi...