Investing Archive

Whether shopping for a new home, business location, or investment property there are several strategies you can do to find incredible deals. Here’s how: 1. Know your market. Whether in a big city, or a …

Currency wars can lead to investment inflation, and a kind of translucent wealth that is only made visible by the illusion of value. In other words, currency wars can stimulate economic activity, and investment value, …

There are several financial options that are the best ways to invest your money for the long term.Depending on your situation, there are details here to see if any of these three plans are sensible …

Greed was the main ingredient in the past real estate market. Do you really think that your home experienced great appreciation in the last 5 years by accident? The answer is no. While rates decreased …

In modern day investment portfolios, indexed annuities and mutual funds play the role of safe yet high yield investment vehicles although the two are rather different from one another. However, both investment vehicles make use …

Step Number One: DO NOT Pay for a Foreclosure List! Lots of there sites out there will sell you one for a flat fee or monthly subscription, but there is really no need to pay …

When the bubble “pops” is when most people begin to understand a real estate bubble. Don’t let this happen to you. The best time to educate yourself about real esate and finance is right now. …

Should you invest in mutual funds or individual stocks? I personally feel stocks are the best to invest in. Over a long haul, stocks go up most of the time, your investment produces a larger …

What is a deed? A deed is a signed, legal instrument in writing that is used to grant a right, such as the right to own real estate. Deeds are instruments which require the signatures …

Is there a right way to cash in saving’s bonds? So, you’ve got a huge stack of U.S. Savings Bonds to cash in and you’re wondering where and how you are going to do this. …

Investing can be a very risky business and profitable at the same time  If you have never invested before, there are many questions that you will have and a lot of ideas and misconceptions that …

Municipal bonds look good to the investor because municipal bonds are free of federal taxes and can be free of state taxes if bought in the investor’s own state. Cities, counties, and state governments issue …

A bond is a promise to pay a debt at some point in the future.  Those debts can be issued by a government or by a company in order to raise money, and investors can …

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FORWARD CONTRACT AND A FUTURES CONTRACT Forward contracts and futures contracts are derivatives used by Corporations, Banks, and Speculators to compensate the fluctuations in the exchange rate market. The biggest difference …

ETFs are basket assets, in that they allow an investor exposure to an entire sector, in a more unified manner than a mutual fund, which conversely a basket asset that can be any number of …

Ethical stock market investing is an alternative definition for ‘socially responsible investing’. In a nutshell, this basically means investing in funds or companies that support policies which are deemed ethical in every sense of the …

Boeing stocks (BA) have been rising and falling unexpectedly during the past few days. However, analysts believe that they are expected to give the investors a good return when they are at their peak. However, it …

Sector investing refers to types of investments which focus on many companies within a single broad economic sector (sometimes as narrow as an industry, but alternatively as broad as multiple industries which follow, or track, …

A premium bond is a lottery bond issued by the National Savings and Investment Scheme (NSI), run by the United Kingdom’s government. Bonds are currently sold in multiples of 10 with a value of £1.00 …

What are Municipal Bonds? A municipal bond (or Muni) is a debt security issued by governmental agencies usually state or local which may include schools, cities, counties, airports, seaports or redevelopment agencies among others. These …

Death is not a very pleasant thing to think about, especially when it happens to be our own death that we are thinking about. However death is something that every single person has to go …

Investor should consider investing in foreign stocks for diversification of portfolio, dividends yields may be higher than those offered by companies listed on United States’ stock exchanges, foreign economy is growing faster than that exist …

There is a practice in Malta that is affecting both foreigners and locals alike. A couple will buy a house. They go through the correct legal procedures to make sure everything is above board: they …

Investments are Unlimited This is a great time to invest in many different areas of the art, real estate, energy markets, and more. In looking at investing, we might be tempted  to return to the thinking of the …

Hands down the best time to begin your journey towards investment success is very early in your adult life. I realize that at this point in your life it seems like you have all the …

In the current interest rate environment, there are a number of good alternatives to EE savings bonds. For EE bonds purchased between May 1 and October 31 2007, the interest rate is fixed at 3.4% …

Before buying mutual funds there are two key things to understand. Firstly, you need to know what mutual funds are. What possibilities for investment exist? Secondly, you need to think through your goals in wanting …

I’ve often thought of bond insurance as a waste of time. Long the mainstay of the muni market, bond insurance has crept into other fixed income markets as well. The reason for this should be …

Bonds are considered an essential part of a diversified portfolio. They are emphasized as the conservative hedge when the markets go bearish, or for safe, fixed income goals. That said, times have changed.  It is …

It’s time to sell but how to avoid problem tax liabilities from your profits? If you are planning on reinvesting your properties into a new investment, you are in luck. IRS tax law, specifically a …