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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The Inverse Limbo Dance - Investing
People who do well in financial markets have a knack for increasing rather than lowering the bar, as if they perform an inverse limbo dance. Increasing the bar in this context means setting higher and higher investment objectives, choosing higher ... [... more]
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Setbacks can breed Success - Investing
Lance Armstrong was on Larry King the other night talking about the death of Mrs. Reeves and his own setback when he was first diagnosed with cancer. Lance as many of you know is the cyclist who won seven times the Tour de France, the biggest ... [... more]
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Equal Pay...And Better Returns? - Investing
In spite of all laws that make discrimination illegal, women earn in 2006 only 77 cents for every dollar men make. The difference is not because some women take more time off; the statistic measures only women and men who work full time, all year ... [... more]
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More Investment Predictions for 2009 - Investing
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope this new year is good for everyone and everything that you wish for comes true. In this week's article, I wanted to conclude my look at what I expect to happen in the financial world in 2009. In last week's ... [... more]
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Learning to Invest takes time - Investing
Let's say you have done well, made a decent return since you started investing in late 2002, early 2003 or any time thereafter. You feel good about yourself. You figure that you learned a great deal about investing and are becoming a pro. Are you ... [... more]
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Tail wagging the dog - Investing
Have you ever run into a friend who tells you about a fantastic investment strategy --or better tactic-- that is incredibly easy and works so well for her (him)? Where you ever at a party where, as the night goes on people, already tired of ... [... more]
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Women Investment Managers - Investing
Actually in the list on domestic managers there is one. Although not listed in the top ten, Judy Vale, manager of Judy runs NBGNX since 1994 and was joined in 1997 by Bob D'Alelio. Together they focus on small stocks that dominate the market and ... [... more]
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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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Investing wisely in Investment Education... - Investing
How much should you invest in investment education? Looking back I do not recall my dad ever attending any investment workshops. He read daily a couple of newspapers, which in his days did not even include any financial papers, like the Wall ... [... more]
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The best investment ever... - Investing
About a week ago I made the best investment ever: a $3.95 shipping charge for a book that was offered free on the world wide web. Normally what is offered for free is not of much value; but this was different. On September 13th I received the ... [... more]
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Lester Thurow on China - Investing
In Sunday's New York Times, Lester Thurow wrote: "A Chinese Century? Maybe It's the Next One". In it he argues that China is unlikely to surpass the United States in GDP in absolute or relative terns anytime soon. He went as far as claiming [... more]
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