Investing Archive

House flipping can be exciting if you know what you are doing. There are many things to look for prior to making a down payment. When house flipping, one should decide on what type of …

Investing in mutual funds is different than investing in stocks or bonds. The reasons why you sell a mutual fund are not the same as stocks or bonds. If you invest in stocks you buy …

It is often assumed that stock market investment is something that is only possible for people who are lucky enough to have large sums to invest. However, the good news is that it is possible …

Fastest ways to make money in the market Making money, and big time, is what the dreams of millions are made of. It is easier said than done. The path to success in the stock …

Investing in shares is always a risk. There is no guarantee you will make short term profits and even it is possible you may never make profit with your investment in certain shares. Shares are …

Yield curves are a useful tool for investors and economists looking to get an indication of future interest rates and economic activity, based on investors’ expectations. Simply, a yield curve consists of a graph plotting the interest …

Best performing small cap mutual funds A portfolio having a fair sprinkling of small and mid-cap stocks has tended to generate much better returns compared to a portfolio dominated by large cap stocks. Small companies …

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is a primary listing markets where corporate stocks are primarily or formally listed. Established in 1817 under the name the New York Stock and Exchange Board, the exchanged was …

A publicly traded company is a corporation which trades its shares and sells its bonds to members of the public, usually through a regulated stock exchange but sometimes through informal procedures known as “over the …

The Advantage of a mutual fund is that you do not have to be an expert in the market to invest. Mutual funds are the perfect tool for any one who wants to risk the …

Overall, there are a number of investment options. Each has a variety of different options and features. As such, you can choose what type of investment best suits you. For example, savings accounts are a …

The Home Affordable Foreclosures Alternatives Program (HAFA) is an off-shoot of the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and is a government backed way for servicers (mortgage lenders) to allow deeds-in-lieu or short sales for defaulting …

Mutual funds are a method of collective investment where a fund manager uses money pooled from many investors to trade in stocks, bonds, and securities, and then collects and passes on any income obtained through …

There is risk attached to all forms of stock market investment and, in this respect, investing in corporate bonds is no exception. The issue for those who are considering investment in corporate bonds is to …

A mutual fund is one of the easiest and most convenient investments that you can ever make yet at the same time could be the most versatile and flexible. As far as simplicity is concerned, …

U.S. savings bonds are seen as one of the safest ways to invest one’s money. A savings bond is a government insured and backed investment that when held onto long enough, will pay out the …

Mutual funds are a good investment choice for many people, but it is important to understand the fees that are charged by investment firms offering this type of investment product. Fees can eat up all …

Property values will fluctuate just as with all commodities bought, sold, and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (and any exchange. And as with stocks, when their values escalate beyond current appraised Analysts get …

There are many well advertised stock brokerage firms, each of whom charge their, so called, smallest commission fees to either purchase and/or sell shares of ownership of financial market listed businesses on behalf of other …

Bonds are more than just loans to the Government and corporations they are often transferable securities that are traded through auctions, or through broker assisted deals. A bond can either trade at face value, at …

Tip # 1 – Ride the Economic Waves with COURAGE…DON’T FEAR the obstacles The ups and downs of the stock market are part of a natural cycle of balance, but, for the beginner, they may …

Why is cash for gold so popular right now? The state of the economy (poor) and the gold price (very high) combine to make it a lucrative time for people to sell any scrap gold …

Gillian Tett is a trained Anthropologist and so she analyzes the behavior of elite corporate executives of J. P. Morgan whose greed and single-minded purpose of wealth accumulation for themselves and their company led to …

There are many advantages of investing your retirement money in mutual funds. Mutual funds allow you as the investor to take advantage of investing in stock of larger companies which would require minimum block purchases. …

Investment is the most important and basic aspect of human life. An individual works all his life so that at the end of his life time, he should have personal belonging giving him enough amount …

The best of all time! This is a difficult question to ask people about an industry that has the memory-span of a fly. I spent years reading books by Paul Erdman, Ben Graham, Peter Lynch …

“Money” magazine put out its picks for the top mutual funds for this year. It included eleven large-cap, seven mid-cap, four small-cap, three multi-cap, three specialty funds, eight foreign, and seven bond funds. The “Chicago …

The importance of investing in emerging markets can’t be ignored anymore. “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” is a popular saying and likely the most important investment rule. Diversification is one of the …

Individual investing is a broad concept requiring a wide variety of arrangements regarding handling of one’s account. Brokerage houses include full –service firms and no – frills discounters. A full – service brokerage house offers …

As stock investors “play defense” by running back to dividend paying stocks, currency traders may run back to the “daily-interest bearing” carry trades. Carry trades have been shunned for months now as stocks have fallen. …