Predictions and Psychology - Investing
I myself look to history quite often, searching for parallels to what is happening today. However, I always keep in mind that famous quote by Mark Twain - "History doesn't repeat itself, at best it sometimes rhymes". For instance, Wall Street [... more]
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Continued High Anxiety - Investing
It was another remarkable week for the global financial markets. We actually saw a country go bankrupt - Iceland - thanks to their banks following the American model and using unbelieveable amounts of leverage. The leverage blew up in their face, ... [... more]
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Investing Glossary - Investing
Stock in a company is a share in ownership of that company. If you divide a company equally between 10 owners, each of those individuals owns 1/10th of the company. They are stockholders. A company often needs money to buy new buildings or ... [... more]
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Market Direction determines "Who has the ball?" - Investing
When you get up in the morning your look through the window to see what weather it is. Some pickup the daily newspaper and glance at the weather charts. Others more technologically inclined may have a weather station somewhere in the house, which ... [... more]
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Don't Be Afraid to Invest in Emerging Markets - Investing
Americans today have a tendency to forget that in the late 19th century and the early part of the 20th century the United States of America was considered to be an "emerging market". Investments in the United States were considered to be highly [... more]
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It was the night before Christmas... - Investing
Yesterday I received a book in the mail that John Wiley & Sons mailed me for a review. Although I did not find many good investments books in the past year, my first inclination was to put this book aside till after the holidays. Before I put it ... [... more]
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ETrade Financial Services - Online Broker - Investing
Back when I first used ETrade in the late 90s, it was the model for inexpensive online trading. Over the years the fees have mounted. I used to use ETrade quite a bit and was thrilled with its low per-trade commission and its free tools. You ... [... more]
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Wise Investment Lessons from the Grave - Investing
Some twentytwo years ago on this day (July 9th) I was at a funeral in Belgium. Two nights before I flew from Rome to Brussels, after attending an investment meeting of a religious order in Rome. When I arrived at my dad's apartment I found a ... [... more]
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The 100 Percent Equity Allocation - Investing
How many certified financial planners or advisors do you know that would make a strong case for allocating 100% of your assets to equity investments? Probably none. Nevertheless with some qualification a strong case can be made for doing just ... [... more]
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What Wall Street does NOT want you to know or realize... ...
This conversation inspired me to write about what Wall Street does not want you to know or realize simply because it is not in Wall Street's best interests! Read the following carefully and if you find yourself ticking off a few that you do not ... [... more]
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Some Investment Predictions for 2009 - Investing
The year 2008 is coming to a close and none too soon. 2008 will long be remembered as the year when the chickens came home to roost for America's brand of "extreme" capitalism. What follows are a few of the things I believe we will see in the .. [... more]
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Where to Look for Financial News - Investing
There are numerous sources of information today for the investing public. They range from television to newspapers to magazines to the internet. They are so numerous that not even a professional would have the time to go through them all on a ... [... more]
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