AAA Spread Tightening a Sure 2009 Bet...

I wrote back on 18th December in Corporate Bonds: Discounting Depression that investment grade corporate bonds were a cheaper and lower risk play ... other markets like equities and commodities, and is a good each-way bet in what will be another volatile year for markets. Sphere: Related Content [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:14:00

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How To Profit From Online Commodity Trading

Commodity futures have many advantages as an investment compared to other investment types such as bonds, real estate, or stocks ... . Combine that with the lower commissions assigned to commodities over futures and you’ve got a win [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:35:57

Forex Managed Fund - An Investment Alternative to Stocks and Bonds

So called “alternative” investments such as the Foreign Exchange or Forex have been major portfolio components for astute investors in Europe and Asia for years. For some unknown reason [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 13:20:56

Top 5 Secrets Why Cash is Not Safe

In this turbulent economy many people are fleeing the stock market (or selling low) and sticking their money in cash.  While I do recommend cash ( ... of investing, we usually think about the risk that a stock, mutual fund, bond, or commodity ... 3 years), investing in cash is the wrong choice for long term (10+ years) goals, such as retirement [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:34:25

“We’re Entering a Two Economy Society. There is No Force Opposing Financial Polarization”

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 06/30/08 “ICH” Interview with Michael Hudson “Our tax laws have shaped the marketplace to favor the debt-financed buying and selling of real estate, stocks and bonds rather than new direct investment. Advocates of this financialization of saving and investment depict it as a viable mode of wealth creation, [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 02:00:15

$6 - $8 Trillion in Investment Losses for 2008

On NPR radio (I don't recall the exact source) and this CNBC article on How the Financial Crisis Impacts Your Retirement estimated investment losses ... , commodities, hedge funds, value investing, mutual funds, sector funds, real estate, etc ... all the losses go. Looking back, here's what worked in 2008: Investing in CDs, bonds, and shorting stocks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:08:03

Sharing Some Investing Quotes

As I was reading through my archives the other day, I noticed that I only had a few posts about investing last year ... Soros, Jewish-American financial speculator and stock investor “As long as you enjoy investing, you’ll ... ll try to write more articles about investing, specifically on paper assets like stocks, bonds [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 17:23:11

Retooling Affordable Housing Strategies – Part 8 of 19

Private Activity Bonds in Lubbock Lubbock Housing Finance Corp. (LHFC) administers PAB housing programs in Lubbock ... have been earned by 5 EMAs Forex Trading System investing the bonds’ proceeds. Negative arbitrage ... or who have not owned a home in the past three years will be eligible. In 2006, the LHFC also issued G7 Forex [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 02:11:55

10 Investments You Should Know

It’s impossible to miss the fact that stocks, real estate and bonds all make for decent investments (at least most of the time) ... or brokerage, which buys a large number of shares from a company based outside the U.S. Those shares [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 21:26:17

2009 Outlook

As discussed in our previous post, ... economy as the world will continue to slip deeper into recession. In terms of investing ... quality corporate bonds will warrant the risk of default emerging markets and commodities will continue [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 14:24:07

24/09/08. Interview with the admin of BlosFinance

Today I would like to introduce you to the admin of BlosFinance ... . Incorporated in Panama, BLOS Finance Inc. is independently managed by our dedicated group of professionals ... of investment specialists, focusing primarily on bonds, forex, equities, stocks, and other [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 20:04:59

STICK TO YOUR GUNS, PEOPLE!

From the front page in today’s Wall Street Journal comes, Big Slide in 401(k)s Spurs Calls for Change. Here’s a quotes (WARNING: some of this might make you mad): The stock-market rout has ignited a crisis ... automatically investing contributions in an index fund that holds stocks and bonds, with the mix [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:10:19

Commodities Continue to Tank

Now that deflation worries are upon us, even the mainstream media is taking note of the reversal of the commodities price surge of earlier this year ... of investment money from commodity futures into safer havens like government bonds.... “Commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 05:36:25

The oil-major prop desks cometh

Proprietary trading (Wikipedia): The term used in investment banking to describe when the firm's traders actively trade stocks, bonds, options, commodities, or other items with its own money as opposed to its customers' money, so as to make a profit for itself. Not so easy anymore says former Sempra Metals-economist turned Reuters columnist [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 09:21:39

Inc Magazine Individual Investors Email List

42,430 Total Investors The Inc. Magazine Individual Investors Email list consists of entrepreneurs who play an active role in their personal ... for their financial futures. These savvy investors spread their investments across a wide spectrum in order to diversify their portfolios. Stocks, bonds, CDs, mutual funds, real estate, commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 08:36:15

Viking Global. Global macro funds seek to find investments in whatever market they can gain an edge, whether it be equities, bonds, currencies, debt, ... he has a longer-term macroeconomic view, he won't let that stop him from making money by trading [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 14:01:00

Macquarie Airports launches A$250 mln bond buyback

Macquarie Airports (MAP) <MAP.AX>, a fund managed by Australian investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd <MCG ... , initially issued in 2004, were trading between A$90 and A$95 before the announcement, the market source ... 4, 2008 — FOREX-Dollar dips on oil rise, central bank meetings eyed August 1, 2008 — Thai July [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 07:49:47

New To Investing Online. How Do I Choose A Broker?

I am new to all this. Where can I learn the basics? How do I find a cheap, easy to use broker? There are SO MANY - how do I chose? ... , in money market funds and bond funds, and part aggressively in stock funds. Vanguard.com has an on-line ... be able to invest in a stock mutual fund via a 401K plan at work. Believing advice you get on Yahoo [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 23:53:28

Wall Street Bonuses: Are Junk Bonds Illegal?

Credit Suisse yesterday announced a bonus plan for 2008 that, depending on whom you ask, is either brilliant, or heartless, or heartlessly brilliant ... -and-stock bonuses that bankers usually get. The cash portion of investment bankers’ bonuses–usually ... to take back 2008 compensation if a banker leaves the firm within two years. The stock portion of [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 13:35:00

Tips for Improving your Investing

Many investors -- especially beginning investors -- want tips for improving their investing. There are a lot of tools out there ( ... strategies. However, Stock Trading To Go has some very basic and active things you can do in order ... as funds, bonds, currencies, options, commodities, futures and other opportunities might [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 19:38:01

Ambrose Evans-Prichard Explains the Bond Bubble

Ambrose Evans-Prichard nails it.The tricky part, as always, is the timing of it all ... about an exodus of hot money – disguised as foreign investment in plant. The exchange regulator is muttering ... are betting too that debt deflation will overwhelm the effects of near-zero interest rates across the G10 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:00:00

Jeffrey Saut Sees Markets Bottoming

I all ways find the market opinions of Raymond James’ Jeffrey Saut enlightning and fascinating.  In his latest Investment Strategy note he quotes the views of Barron’s Stephanie Pomboy ... . Virtually every market is at or near pre-bubble lows, from stocks to bonds to commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 16:46:10

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