Investing Archive

Buying a home at a sheriff’s auction can be a tricky affair and it’s certainly not advisable for the faint of heart. For those that do the research and attend an auction prepared, the rewards …

Premium savings bonds- are they the best tax free bond in the UK Premium savings bonds were first introduced to the UK in 1956 by National Savings and Investments in a bid to decrease inflation …

Can you believe what a brokerage house has to say? Remember our current recession was due from greed. This corporate greed fueled multi-million dollar bonuses for key executives. Brokerage houses fed off this corporate greed …

Are you a property manager in search of profitable year-round vacation rentals? If so, you’ve probably heard the word “micropolis.” According to the Wall Street Journal, a micropolis is a town with a population between …

It is important for you to have an investment checklist when making an investment plan. A good investment checklist requires much more than just establishing a savings account and buying some shares in stocks or …

IRAs are so crucial to making sure you have enough money saved for yourself or retirement. There are several different kinds of IRAs and different options that may be best for some people and worse …

Many people have a stock trading account. But since currency trading/investing is so new to the investing public, let’s talk about how to open up one of these accounts and where you can do this. …

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a stock market index that is in all major newspapers every day. It was created by Charles Dow in 1896. Dow was cofounder of Dow Jones And Company and …

“Leverage!” say the options traders. “It’s all about leverage! With one option contract, you control one hundred shares of stock!” The word “leverage” is a form of “lever” and reminds me of a crowbar. Hit …

Compounding is one of the best and most efficient ways to yield returns in an investment. In the simplest sense, compounding is a series of rate of returns of a certain investment. It is normally …

Ok. So, somehow you stumbled into a HYIP site. The promise of 300% return in two days not only captured your attention, but made you dream of early retirement and Caribbean holidays. Invest a dollar …

Are you one of the lucky ones who have spare money and you just don’t know what to do with it? Well, investing in mutual funds could be something for you. Rather than putting your …

There is no guaranteed way to ensure that your home will keep its value. When you take out a mortgage to purchase a property, it will always mention somewhere on the documentation that ‘the value …

Title: POTENTIAL YOU CAN CREATEArticle:Article: POTENTIAL YOU CAN CREATETHE GRAND STRATEGYBelieve it or not, Ive discovered a single simple principle that will enable you to get at tarrific return on your investment of time and …

Just how low can housing prices go, and when will they turn around. If anyone had those answers, they would be the next Warren Buffet or Donald Trump in waiting. When considering housing prices and …

A dividend aristocrat is a blue chip stock that has increased its dividends every year for the last twenty-five years or more. Such securities tend to be dependable performers, because they are stocks of conservative …

Benjamin Graham was an American economist, professional investor and scholar. Early life Benjamin Graham was born Benjamin Grossbaum to Jewish parents in London on the 8th of May 1894. When he was around a year …

Understanding the difference between investing and speculating is really important if you start investing your money. People invest for various reasons but you never know if your invested money will reach the return you expect …

Does China sound like an interesting place to invest? It could be a good place for a small part of your portfolio. China’s a giant market, with a population that’s increasingly skilled, productive, and hungry …

Stock options are a new age for companies to reward their employees. At first, it had only been a reward to high level executives, but as time has gone on, even normal, non-executive employees have …

With the securities market often fluctuating, people are desirous of knowing about preferred stocks to determine whether they are making the right investment or not. They often throw questions at experts in the field asking …

A bond is a debt instrument, meaning that the issuer of the bond is borrowing a specified amount of money from you, often in multiples of $1,000. The issuer of the bond pays interest payments …

ETF stands for “exchange traded fund”. An ETF is a weighted portfolio, managed by a financial institution and traded like a stock. When you buy a share in an ETF, you may earn dividends, if …

Some Tips on Investing in Commercial Real Estate. If there is any good thing that has come out of the recent crisis in the mortgage industry in the U.S., it is that some people who …

Private placements of securities, for the purpose of raising capital, are something most individual investors only hear about in a press release long after the shares or bonds in question have been fully allocated to …

Everyone has to pay a bit in order for society to move on, grow, and evolve into a better society.  Development of all forms is essential to life. However, the poor by their very definition …

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) has been in existence since April 4 1975. As one of the earliest and better established computer software companies, Microsoft has developed from its humble beginnings selling BASIC interpreters for the Altair …

Investing in exchange – traded funds (ETFs) Investing in ETFs, depending on an investor’s unique situation and long-term goals, may be a suitable approach to building a well diversified portfolio. Two of the most suitable …

There an irresistible urge for many people to buy foreclosed properties, especially if the price is way too low to expect. In fact, in almost every auction events a flood of people usually show up …

Flight to quality among investors happens when investors make decisions to sell what they perceive to be high risky investments and purchase the safest possible investments. Safer investments will be in the form of government …