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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Asset allocation lessons: the 70% inflation solution
- For investors only... and for speculators who need to invest their winnings.Lesson One: Asset Allocation is an Investment Planning Tool, not an Investment Strategy... few investment professionals understand the distinction, because most think that Investment Planning and Financial Planning are the same thing. Financial Planning is a broader concept, and one that involves such non-investment...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The switzerland of asia shines
- In many respects, Singapore is the Switzerland of Asia.Begun in 1819 as a British trading colony, the Republic of Singapore was founded in 1965 under the leadership of the current Prime Minister's father, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. While it is only 1/5 the size of Rhode Island and three times the size of Washington D.C., it is perhaps the most strategically important global trading, finance a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Use this simple trick its to buy $100 bills direct from your bank for only $97
- Most People just don't understand the power of using their home as a Wealth Creation Tool. How many people do you know who have lived in the same house for 10, 15 or more years and have virtually no mortgage, You know the Type 'House Rich Cash Poor'. There are strategies these homeowners can use to put that House Rich Part to work Building Wealth.Did you miss the Going out of Business sale ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Chinas inscrutable currency strategy
- Purpose: Expose Opportunities for Smart InvestorsThe move by China's central bank to drop the yuan's rigid peg to the dollar on the day of my return after a three-week trip to Asia left a host of questions unanswered. The basket of currencies that will allegedly determine the value of the yuan going forward was not disclosed. What sort of band the currency will be allowed to fluctuat...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Chinas great missed opportunity
- While a U.S. Representative to the Asian Development Bank Executive Board of Directors during the first Bush Administration, I consistently called for China to "bite the bullet" and privatize its state-owned companies as soon as possible. Representatives from European and other Asian countries would just shake their heads and mutter about impatient Americans while counseling that China a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The high price of oil
- In less than four years, the price of oil has risen about 300%, or over $50 a barrel. The Light Crude Continuous Contract (of oil futures) hit an all-time high at $67.80 a barrel Friday, and closed the week at $67.40 a barrel. Persistently high oil prices will eventually slow economic growth, which in turn will cause oil prices to fall, ceritus paribus.The two charts below are same period d...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to buy to let
- Find out everything you need to know about buy to let. Learn what to buy, where to buy and what not to buy. All this information about buy to let won't cost you a penny.buying? If the area is full of buy to let property investors the supply of property to let might outweigh tenant demand and create pressure to reduce rents.? Consider established areas with good communications ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Investing psychology today requires all traders to awaken their speculator minds
- Stock trading strategies are as rampant today, as they were during the Great Bull Market. Yet, can you truly master the stock market like so many investing books propose?Consider this: When you can't even trust the financial reports of analysts, and the company bean counters that feed them with data, how can you? What's needed are robust, stock trading strategies; the type that enables you ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Investing in car dealerships: how to do it right
- The financial characteristics of the automobile dealership are attractive:". . . moderate growth and risk and high returns. Franchised new car dealer revenues have grown at a 7.2% annual rate since 1992, about twice the rate of GDP. Moreover, this growth has come with only moderate risk, as the dealer body didn't lose money (on a pretax basis) for a single year in the last twenty ? eve...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Investing in car dealerships: doing your homework
- This article attempts to help give the investor a broader basis upon which to decide whether a dealership merits their time, money and attention.Interviewing Factories and Financial InstitutionsLenders have an affirmative duty not to promiscuously disclose the financial condition of their debtors. In addition, most Sales and Service Agreements contain confidentiality agreements, with...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Finding false gold in penny stock
- As far as traders go, many do not see the penny stock as a solid way to do business. Many believe that dealing with penny stock is a risky business. And it really is. Some traders think that the next Microsoft and Walmart stock is buried in a penny stock, which is why they stick around trading unknown stocks over the market.What is a penny stock? According to the Securities and Exchange Com...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Credit scores = roi profits for real estate investors
- Strong credit saves real estate investors money on mortgage finance costs. A good credit score, along with the other credit and mortgage qualifications, means that investors can pay lower fees for financing, such as points and interest charges. Also, good credit scores help you avoid garbage fees associated with nonprime loans.However, the real money making difference for real estate invest...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Volatile range
- The stock market fell sharply Thu and Fri before and after the employment reports Fri morning. The Nonfarm Payrolls report showed 207,000 net jobs were added in July, which were 27,000 more than the market expected. Also, Hourly Earnings in July rose 0.4%, which was twice what the market expected. There's a strong inverse relationship between employment and profits, in part, because when employmen...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Playing with money - and making more
- Ready to start playing with your money? Not interested in complicated businesses or boring bank C.D.'s? Here are some methods that aren't quite a business because you can do them once, or just whenever you feel like it. Start small and the risk is small.Loan SharkingYears ago a friend got a good job when I loaned him $300 to buy the necessary tools. I charged a $6 per week loa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Creating wealth by gearing up
- Gearing is where you borrow money to invest. As already mentioned, it is best to clear all your debt before looking at investment. However, there will arise situations where the investment is a good one and it is necessary to borrow a small amount to make the deal work. The borrowing may be for property or shares.Gearing allows you to increase your investment and potentially obtain a higher...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The biggest oil opportunity in the world ? and how you can profit from it
- Where is the second biggest deposit of oil reserves in the world?In the oil sands region of Alberta, Canada. Oil sands are a thick, viscid mixture of bitumen, sand, clay, and water. Alberta's oil sands is comprised of 3 regions with the Athabasca area being the largest and the closest to the surface. Underneath these gooey tar sands lie trillions of barrels of oil.So then you may ask...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Forex market offers opportunity and information
- The forex market is what is called an international exchange currency market, where currencies are exchanged on a daily basis. There are five forex market centers around the world ? New York, London, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Zurich. One does not need to be on the trading floor, so to speak to be involved in the forex market. Today, forex trading can be done from home on a computer.The forex mar...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What if you absolutely positively could not lose - would you play the stock market?
- Seniors on fixed incomes face a unique problem. Where do they invest their savings to get maximum return on investment with limited risk? Some of the traditional places like CDs and Treasury Notes are extremely safe, however the yields tend to be very low. Stocks and Mutual Funds while offering a potential for a higher yield have a risk factor that most seniors find unacceptable.What if you...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Need to trade!
- You don't HAVE to be trading.As a novice trader, you'll often feel the need to trade.You may be bored or frustrated. Or you just want to try a certain type of trade.STOP!Realize that you don't have to be trading all the time to be successful. In fact not trading is often the very best decision you can make.The market tells you when to trade. If you feel the urge ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Direcway & wildblue set to square off this fall?
- There is a cat fight brewing between Direcway LLC, Starband and Wildblue Communications for the large number of people in the U.S. who can't get some type of broadband internet and are willing to pay $50 or more to get better speeds. The combatants are telling investors there are 20-30 million "potential users" out there in rural or underserved America...true, but the historical fact of the matter...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Expand your pool of investors for your company
- If you own a company that sells complicated products and you want more investors, consider having topics on your web site that discuss the background needed to understand your products and your company. For example, if your company specializes in producing and researching monoclonal antibodies, post articles discussing exactly what monoclonal antibodies are, how they are produced and what research...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Getting started investing is often the hardest part
- There are several reasons people give for not investing their money in things like stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. One reason is that they feel that they don't have enough money to make a serious investment, but a more common reason that many people have absolutely no idea how to go about getting started investing. In fact, if more people understood the basics of investing and had a cohesive plan...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Everybody wants to know how to invest
- Those unfamiliar with the process of making and managing investments often have more than a few trepidations about investing in general. They figure that, since they do not know how to invest, they will never learn. Of course the horror stories of investors who lost their life savings on some bad deal don't help people to feel any less secure when figuring out how to invest.Fortunately &quo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Better investing made easy
- If there were one piece of advice that an investor could ask for, the question would probably be something like "What do I need to do to invest better?" Better investing choices are sought by investors every day. Some find them and succeed, others do not. The difference clearly lies in better investing, so investors are on the right track. They are, however, asking the wrong questions....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Art investing for a financial future
- When we think of investing we probably conjure images in our minds of the New York Stock Exchange, suited stock brokers making deals, bonds and treasury bills, and all manner of financial matters. The last thing we probably think about is art. Art investing, however, can be a big money business, and can create incredible financial gains and losses for those who choose to speculate in the art marke...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Property investment just got exciting
- There is an area in Brazil that has lower crime & lower property prices than where your are probably sitting right now!Demand from the increasing retirement population and from those who have benefited from their own property markets are now pushing overseas property prices up. Brazilian property prices are still very low and offer the overseas property buyer quality real estate in stunning...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Looking for a safe investment? try a certificate of deposit
- If you are looking for a safe investment and you have between $100 -$1,000 to invest, you should consider a certificate of deposit or CD. When purchased through a bank, CD's are federally insured up to $100,000.When you invest in a certificate of deposit, you are lending your money to the bank for a set period of time at a fixed rate of interest. At the end of that time period, the bank pay...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why should i use penny shares to build wealth?
- A strategic question. Why indeed?1. A penny share would usually refer to a share available for less than $1.00. This makes the aquisition of shares manageable by even the most modest investment budget.2. The London Business School's research indicates that generally the smaller companies outperform their big brothers every year (except in the depth of a depression). This provides a m...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Consolidation period
- The economic data reported Fri showed continued above trend growth with disinflation (at the core level, excluding food and energy) in the second quarter. Real output growth has slowed from about 4% in 2003 & 2004 to just over 3 1/2% so far this year, while a core inflation rate fell from 3% last quarter to 2%. Consumption growth slowed from 3.5% to 3.3%, investment growth jumped 9%, and net expor...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Find your investing soulmate on the jersey turnpike
- As a followup to a previous column, "Irreconcilable Differences," I received an e-mail from a reader asking how she could ensure, ahead of time, investment compatibility with a future spouse.Unfortunately, like most issues in life, the direct approach does not work. Asking him, "Sweetie, how will you invest our 401(k) funds?" will only result in getting the answer he thi...