Where are the hot and cold spots around the world for resource investors? The stampeding bull market in commodities has investors reaching for new ideas. Highly respected newsletter writer Lawrence Roulston of “Resource Opportunities” favors Canada, Alaska and China for investing in mining and energy companies.
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There are many different things to invest in these days. One investment route which individuals take is with regard to foreclosures. Foreclosures occur when the current homeowner of a property fails to pay their monthly mortgage and the property is repossessed by the lender. There are various risks and rewards which go along with investments [...]
My favourite subject. Investment. Investing in your own ecommerce business is the best, most time efficient way to make money. But to grow real wealth you need to diversify into other investments as well. Your ecommerce business (or other business / high paying job) provides the cash for investing. It is [...]
There is little doubt that we are currently experiencing one of the most heated seller’s markets in recent history. Today’s investment sales market has been reduced to an e-bay like environment where retail brokerage houses simply put an asset up for auction and wait for the buyers to circle like hungry sharks.
Many will point to [...]
The mutual fund industry has staked its claim to the confidence of investors by establishing a tradition of plain dealing, honest accounting and overall trustworthiness. If there were sharks on Wall Street, they didn’t swim in the mutual fund sea.
That image changed early September, 2003 when the attorney general of New York State announced a [...]
Are you currently being courted by a large investment firm that tells you they are the best investment firm in the business and shows you numerous tables and statistics to prove it? If you think that big investment firms’ objectives are vastly different than a Toys R Us or a Nike store, than this article [...]
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are growing. Investors are choosing low annual expense and market return over high annual expense and promised performance.
Total ETF inflow is growing faster than Mutual Fund inflow. ETF inflow grew from $42.5 billion in 2000 to $54.4 billion in 2004. In contrast, mutual fund inflow fell from $309.4 [...]
Currency exchange is fast becoming one of the most prominent industries in today’s ever-connected globe. With nations trading, foreign currency now has a worth on the global marketplace and there are now even some souls who decide to make foreign currency trading their sole profession to buy foreign currency. Currencys can be traded with great [...]
Money is probably the most challenging thing for many people to manifest. It can also be easiest. Just look at those who have millions or billions of dollars. It doesn’t matter what the economy is doing, there will still be a great many people with an abundance of money. What are [...]
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 [...]