The Shortest Investment Book Ever by James O’Donnell

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Date: 2008-12-28 11:30:02

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Wednesday morning links

TOP STORIES Vote on Detroit Bailout Nears - Washington Post China’s Exports Decline for First Time in 7 Years - MarketWatch Rio Tinto to cut 14, ... offer to resolve worker sit-in - Reuters MARKETS/INVESTING Gold futures rise for a third session as oil rallies - MarketWatch Questioning the Commodities Super Cycle - Naked Captialism The Shadow Gold [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:33:55

Option Trading And Stock Market Risks

Option trading is not considered a great investment choice for a novice investor. It involves high risk and is typically a quite volatile business ... sources of information you can use to educate yourself before doing real time trading. Trading ... they will come out ahead in their investment. There are fundamental principles in option trading [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 06:12:39

My PDC 2008 Wrap up

Ugh, I’m finally back and settled from a long 3 week road trip. Ah, it feels good to sleep in my own bed again :-}. PDC last week was the last stop of the trip and as always it’s been an interesting experience. More than anything events like these are great to catch up with other developers and meeting people I’ve only seen virtually [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 01:50:22

Gold Investments Market Update - Geopolitical Risk Escalates and Will Lead to Further Safe Haven Demand

Gold has commenced the New Year as it did in 2008 – up sharply in early trading before selling off somewhat. Gold surged (along with oil) ... . Gold Price Rupees per ounce Indian gold futures MAUc1 gained more than 29 percent in 2008 ... currencies so far this morning, gold has given up its earlier gains. The reemergence of geopolitical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:35:50

5 Great Tips Any Forex Investor Should Know

There is a whole plethora of things that Forex Investors should know about before they start to wear the gloves necessary for them to handle the hot ... , you are in essence using the power of currency to be used in other trading markets and utilize ... dollars is the minimum. You should also know that putting your money into a broker’s account gives [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:39:42

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

Just lost your shirt? C’mon invest some more !

by Jordan Weir Every day, the stock market seems to continue its precipitous drop towards worthlessness, crushing hopes, dreams, ... the dividends from the stock far into the future, shorting a stock is a simple technique the masters ... in the future), hopefully for less. By doing so, you make a profit equal to the difference between [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 12:02:27

Buffett boosts Goldman Sachs with $5-billion investment

Warren Buffett to the rescue: His Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed today to invest $5 billion in Goldman Sachs Group via a purchase of preferred stock ... banking titan, at a time when investors remain spooked about the future of Wall Street. "Goldman Sachs ... Buffett’s capital infusion "a strong validation of our client franchise and future prospects." [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 01:12:43

Appreciation For DevDiv and Microsoft's Visual Studio Team System Folks in Particular

Occasionally things happen to remind you to appreciate certain constructs in your life. A case in point for me was the recent desire to get moving into Office Communication Server 2007 (OCS) R2 for the purpose of building an IM bot/agent. When I couldn't get any sort of access to the bits of the upcoming R2 release in order to do my development [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 13:12:36

eLearning Conferences : eLearning Technology

Once again, Clayton Wright has been nice enough to compile an incredible list of conferences focused on use of technology in learning. Clayton publishes this as a Word document but does not publish it as a web page. He has generously allowed me to republish here. You can contact him at: crwr77@gmail.com.His notes on the list .. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:31:00

Did Speculation Fuel Oil Price Swings?

(CBS) About the only economic break most Americans have gotten in the last six months has been the drastic drop in the price of oil, which has fallen even more precipitously than it rose. In a year's time, a commodity that was theoretically priced according to supply and demand doubled from $69 a barrel to nearly $150 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:10:00

The End of “Cheap Gas” will come Sooner than you Think!

2008 brought about mixed emotions. On one hand we had cheaper gasoline than we’ve seen in many, many years (the good) ... to a buck and change…however, everyone knows someone out of work now and that’s very scary!Oil futures ... break their free fall! Any of you out there that are technical traders will note how stretched [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:05:00

2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns

In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00

2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns

In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00

2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns

In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00

You bastard, you burst my bubble! No not really By William Bowles

December 6, 2008 — dandelionsalad By William Bowles featured writerDandelion SaladCreative-i 6 December 2008 “Constant revolutionizing of production, uninterrupted disturbance of all social conditions, everlasting uncertainty and agitation distinguish the bourgeois epoch from all earlier ones … All that is solid melts into air, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 00:49:01

Financial Foundation Group - Assisting the United States Marine Corps AND Needy Children all in One Day

TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 29 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Financial Foundation Group, also known as FFG, is excited to have been a big contributor to the " ... with securing their financial futures, but I am also a father and BIG supporter of our armed services ... , Inc. (ISI), member FINRA, SIPC. ISI, is a national full service Broker/Dealer offering investment [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 13:28:46

Useless T.A.-T.A.’s?

By John Galt January 1, 2009 The question that is the title of this piece has been bothering me since the “mysterious” rally on August 15-17 of 2007. It took me the entire month of December of 2008, that’s right through yesterday, to figure out why the traditional methodologies may no longer apply, at least in my opinion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 04:35:11

Of Scams, Backstages, Accounting Standards and Soothsayers!

"Yes, I just came to know about Satyam," I murmured a bit embarrassed really that I missed it by a few hours. And you will not miss much if you do not read this post. Now, please do not read this piece expecting it to be a seamless mesh of a lot of important things or thinking that I will be able to quote numbers and names effortlessly and connect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:04:00

Panic In China Over Jobs, Economy, Cotton

The Telegraph is reporting China slashes interest rates as panic spreads.Factory workers surround a damaged police car during a protest outside Kai Da toy factory in Dongguan, China. Photo: REUTERSThe People's Bank of China cut interest rates by more than 1pc point as the economy crumbles and millions of jobs are predicted to go ahead of Christmas [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 06:42:00

Real Estate Investing Success Stories

In our present time we need to be smart enough to choose what degree in college we want to finish ... in the future. While searching topics about real estate, I found nouveaurized.com. It is a very good ... is a real estate broker also. Nouveau Riche is the best University that you should see first [more...]

Date: 2008-07-04 10:09:02

Friday's Commentary & When to Chase a Trade

Updated late Tuesday and Friday nights Friday’s Close for Jan 9th, 2008 Written by: Mike Coval It was not much different than we expected, ... out of work kept the price of Crude futures flat and trading at $40.70 a barrel. Track the price of crude with the Oil ETF, USO. Mega player Chevron, CVX, fell $1.42 after issuing a profit warning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 00:43:26

Energy Investment Opinions by Bill Paul

Jan 4, 2009 - Bill Paul is a former Wall Street Journal energy and environmental reporter with more than 30 years of experience. He recently wrote an article titled, “Stay Ahead of the Energy Curve” for Stocks, Futures and Options magazine. As he has been reporting on energy issues before many of the green energy advocates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:38:53

Gaming and Investing

A new online game has been brought to my attention, it’s called Wall Street Survivor, ... with a simulated, risk-free platform designed to help individuals take control of their financial futures. Utilizing the web’s sophisticated trading simulation engine, Wall Street Survivor enables users [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 14:52:38

Futures Trading levels and Economic reports for Dec. 17th

*To be removed, please reply with remove daytrading in subject line Dear Trader, I wrote yesterday: The range is wide ( 805- 920) ... has used a variety of operating targets through the decades, including the discount rate and monetary aggregates. The Fed also lowered the discount rate paid by commercial and investment banks for Fed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 21:13:00

Real Estate / Financial Crisis Turns Deadly; Crisis-Related Suicides Expected To Rise

The subprime mortgage turned banking turned credit crisis has morphed, as expected, into a killer ... t it?)has claimed countless jobs, mortgages, and futures large and small in the U.S., its foul smelling wave ... his empire suffered because of the financial crisis. In December, in an otherwise nondescript Manhattan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:05:28

2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up

The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00

2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up

The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00

2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up

The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00

Gold Prices Waver… Should You?

gold-blog Remember that little hit of satisfaction when you heard that the first day of trading in the new year showed the first real gains in some months? The result? The dollar rose just slightly, crude oil prices fell nearly 5%, and gold ... even further. Gold rose in Asia on January 1st, but then began to lose ground. But we’re [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 08:15:40

The carry trade unwinds and it's not pretty

Just as Japan is starting to unwind its carry trade, a new one might be forming in the form of 1% base rates in the United States ... securities or tea futures. Whoever, she is, she borrowed cheaply in yen, courtesy of Japan’s rock-bottom ... in the past two days on rumours of a Japanese interest rate cut. Even so, the yen was trading [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 11:38:53

Real estate-a great way to invest

A property is an asset which will always bring in good returns as the value of real estate keeps increasing with time ... . There are quite a number of real estate brokers who will find you the best properties according to your space ... in vestments will never disappoint you in terms of future profits. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:34:09

Porn. The new financial bubble?

Hedge fund invests in porn-related businesses, claims 50% gain last year. Whole new categories of financial derivatives are, no doubt, about to be launched to take ... shorts.” But heck, why stop there? How about a futures market on Afghan heroin production [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:30:07

Other Markets (2)

Most of these exchanges operate on basically the same principle as the stock exchanges, ... of futures, for example, is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rather than ... , today’s computers and dedicated financial media are so broad that information on any [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 08:43:51

Why Forex Is The Best Online Trading Game

It is said that investment is the last greatest game left on earth and it is truly warfare in the market place of Wall Street or any brokerage ... trading game there is. So what exactly makes Forex the best? How many markets can boast ... often get done immediately and this has been further augmented with the fact that the Forex trading [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 07:22:22

Wealth Building and Montelongo Flipping House

Joseph Lane asked: Flipping houses has been a favorite way to make money in Real Estate for several years now ... and selling real estate is still a viable avenue for making money. Investing is a game in which you use ... that your investing it in a fashion that will guarantee that at the end of the day, your money made [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 11:53:35

Worst Economic Crisis Since The Great Depression: Who’s To Blame?

Who’s to blame for the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression? Warning… long rant ahead. Have you heard the latest bad joke around? Okay not this bailout crisis joke I wrote about a week or so ago but the one on how we’re socializing our financial markets by making the taxpayers bail out all our financial institutions [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 00:42:46

DrumBeat: December 16, 2008

Robert Bryce: OPEC Was Right About Oil Prices. Now What? Back in June, I wrote a piece for The American in which I argued that oil prices were being driven higher by the immutable law of supply and demand. Today, with prices plunging to near $40 instead of the $145 level seen in mid-July, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 13:30:26

Festival of Stocks

Welcome to the Festival of Stocks hosted at Value Investing News. Submit articles to future Festivals of Stocks here ... . MBB presents Best Broker Reviews posted at Money Blue Book Finance. Daniel Shepard presents Trading ... Volume in Futures and the Stock Market posted at Top Dog Trading. Ryan Suenaga presents December [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 07:29:00

Trading Options: Short Term Power Moves

trading options has many advantages over other investment vehicles ... Strangle.Option contracts also provide traders with an enormous amount of leverage. In the US, 1 option ... of 1,000 times the underlying stock or commodity. Our Newsletter Services are backed by years [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 05:01:16

CASINO WALL STREET

Bill Werner is an Engineer in Missouri City, Texas. The following is his attempt to Encapsulate All of Modern Economic History ( ... to me like you guys are a couple of bookies.’” -Trading Places (1983 movie about the commodities market) “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 23:28:11

Forex Traders Rules- MY LIttle Secrets

by Singapore Trader Reports A well fact amongst the trading community is that 90 percent of investors lose money in futures and Forex tradin! ... , it is all the more important for investors to approach futures and forex trading in the right manner ... with Money you can afford to Lose Now that you have decided to get involved in trading, sit down [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 20:20:21

Salvation in the Cheap Oil Army

by The Mogambo Guru I was standing outside of the supermarket, jostling with the bell-ringing Salvation Army guy for attention, telling shoppers, "Buy gold, silver and oil! The governments of the world are insanely creating too much money and credit to try and alleviate the inflationary ravages of all the previous decades of too much money and [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 22:21:02

Weekly Futures Positions Review - November 30, 2008

Top posts from the past week: Are Any Grains Worth Buying At These Prices? ... are the most attractive investment opportunity I see today. They are actually trading below the prices they were at when the entire bull market in commodities began. Other existing positions I've got [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 21:31:00

5 Tips for Overseas Vacation Home Buying Success

5 Tips for Overseas Vacation Home Buying Success Posted By katie George on @ 8: ... long term investment commodity, many more people are committing to purchasing real estate abroad ... which can mean that real estate related rules and regulations may change in the future. Make sure you’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 20:43:47

Handling Trading Pressure Rationally and Calmly

Handling Trading Pressure Rationally and Calmly Nobody wants to fail, lose money, or make large financial errors in judgment ... in commodities or trying your hand in high yield investments. Money equals pressure. ¶ Posted 05 ... , Futures, Home Business, Investing, online trading, stock market, work from home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 08:21:09

The Concept Of Leverage In Forex

One of the main attractions to trade forex is big leverage and allows currency traders to borrow money and use that money to to profit from the ... funds as a bonus feature.The most competitive trading conditions:* 2 pips spread on six currency ... fluctuations in exchange rates between two currencies. The leverage usable in forex trading [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 20:36:00

5 Tips for Overseas Vacation Home Buying Success

5 Tips for Overseas Vacation Home Buying Success Posted By katie George on @ 10: ... long term investment commodity, many more people are committing to purchasing real estate abroad ... which can mean that real estate related rules and regulations may change in the future. Make sure you’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 10:14:09

DrumBeat: December 4, 2008

The Peak Oil Crisis: July 2008 – A Month To Remember Most students of the subject at first thought that world oil production was going to peak for geological reasons --- the inability to find and produce enough oil to keep our annual consumption of 30 billion barrels increasing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 14:07:31

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