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Why Bonds Are Going To Tank In 2010-2011
We are approaching Christmas and most of us are now shopping in “light speed mode”. Unfortunately, Santa won’t give us many gifts with regards to fixed income. Rates are currently at their lowest since the legend of Saint-Nicolas was first ...
Investment Strategies With $10,000 or less #3: Preauthorized Investing Setup
Last week, I discussed why I really like index mutual funds. Some readers might prefer to trade ETFs (Exchange Traded Fund) directly, in order to replicate stock market indices with lower fees. However, there are 2 major inconveniences with ETFs wh...
Investment Strategies With $10,000 or less #2: Index Mutual Funds
Last Tuesday, we looked at how to create a bond ladder with less than $10,000. While certificates of deposit are good to balance out your portfolio and provide peace of mind with security like a comfy blanket while sitting in front of a warm glowin...
Insider trading and why you must avoid it!
Insider trading is one of those things that we all hear about. Yet few know what it is and tend to think (incorrectly I might add) that only the big hedge fund managers should worry about trading on “inside information”. It always seems...
Are you as leveraged as Goldman Sachs?
For decades, many of us have been putting more and more of our money into real estate. Strange enough, it is an asset class that many owners do not even consider when they answer questions about their stock portfolio or investments even though it is ...
Are you preparing for the worst?
Last week, after reading Stew’s article about why he does not expect to buy gold, I started thinking. Over the past few months, I’ve been hearing an increasing amount of interest in preparing for “worst case scenarios”. It seems as though las...
Best Investment for 2009: Use your Emergency Fund to pay off your debt
Just by writing this title, I already know that people won’t agree with this strategy. How can you tell people to get rid of their emergency fund while we are in one of the most important recessions ever? So please, keep reading until the end of ...
5 steps to follow to make sure you do not lose everything to the next Bernie Madoff
It was a good news story wasn’t it? Much of the world did not even know what a Ponzi scheme was, let alone that it could provide a way for Bernard Madoff to perform the single most important fraud ever. On the surface, it is interesting and cer...
Investing in charity
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which He hath given thee. ~ Deut. 16:17 Charity is no easy subject, it is neither black nor white and there are certainly no right or wrong answers when discussing the ...
What is Social Investment and How Does It Apply To You
In this first of our new “Investment Thursdays”, I decided to tackle a subject important to me. One of the major trends in the past decade or so has been individuals stepping up to do their part in improving the world. The green movement ...
