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 Sitcom Investing |
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Recently, as I watched the premiere of a sitcom, an obvious omission breached television etiquette. Depending on your particular objectives, time horizons, and risks, an appropriate allocation may be derived from the use of just one type of asset.
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| Can Your Annuity Do This? |
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It not only tells you what annuities can and cannot do, it gives you the right questions to ask your agent. And it revolves around the premise of doing your homework so an annuity doesn't become your worst nightmare.
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| Stocks, Oil, and Bonds |
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The four charts below are same period daily charts of SPX (S&P 500), OEX (S&P 100), OIH (oil stocks index), and TLT (long bond ETF. Consequently, a higher oil price will slow output growth and lower living standards rather than cause inflation.
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| Investing Pointers for Neophyte Investors |
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Once you understand the differences and the risks entailed investing in each particular vehicle, then you can move forward with confidence. The answers to these questions will be valuable guideposts for you in your venture into investing your funds.
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| The American Age of Inflation is Over |
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Of course, the fact that we anticipate inflation in the financial system does not mean that this will affect all goods equally. We need to realize that it is not the producers of goods that are doing us harm, but the governments who run our currency into the ground.
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| Trend Following |
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There is no Holy Grail trading method, but trend following comes about as close to it as the average person will find. Trend following also called momentum trading is the simplest and safest method of stock market investing.
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| Franchise Investing, Franchise Opportunities and Franchising Renewals |
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If you do not want to renew your franchise at the end of the five year period, that is ok, but there are generally stipulations after termination. Have you considered buying a franchise instead of trying to start a business from scratch.
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| Four Key Components To Building A Trading System |
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Each of these four components is examined below, and then some of the common mistakes made when folks start building trading systems are discussed. You wouldn't think this would be tough to figure out, but building a system that actually works over a long period of time isn't easy.
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| The Arrow-Debreu Contingent Claims Model of Investment |
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This early literature also accepted the equivalence of the contingent claims and securities version of Arrow's model without objection. Individuals in these models face investment and consumption decisions based on payoffs that vary across different states of the world.
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| Six Principles of Successful Investing |
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Begin investing immediatelyProcrastination is the number one enemy of investing. This will require you to assess your net worth which the results of the value of the assets that you own less the amount you owe to others.
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| What If You Absolutely Positively Could Not Lose - Would You Play the Stock Market? |
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In simple terms if the stock market goes up your Annuity
also goes up but if the stock market goes down your
Annuity does not loose any value. If the index goes
down 4% then they put a -4 on your score card.
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| Poll Names Coin Laundries Best Investment For 2005 |
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The demographics coin and card laundries serve are the fastest growing segments of the US population. She has been instrumental in helping launch many successful coin laundry businesses.
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| Trading Tips No 7: Developing a Casino Mentality for the Day Trader |
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I submit that the successful day trader would profit well to adopt a casino mentality. *This is what successful day traders and casinos have in common; they both have a winning system that clearly puts the odds in their favor.
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| Overbought/Oversold |
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Think back to WorldCom that went to the moon and was finally flushed down the sewer. Did it EVER while it was tanking become oversold for a rally? Not hardly because there was no value.
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| Rules of Simple IRA Your Business Needs to Know |
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You can match up to 3% of the salary for the employees who contribute to their SIMPLE IRA account. An employee can make a maximum contribution of $9,000, ($10,500 if age 50 and over), to his SIMPLE IRA account for 2004.
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