Investing Archive

Templeton Foreign Fund Class A (TEMFX) is a mutual fund managed by Franklin Templeton Investments, operated out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and incepted in the 1982 as an international equity fund. The fund has over …

Bond funds are a common type of mutual fund, which deal mainly in debt securities such as bonds. The point of a mutual fund is that it is a method of collective investment where a …

During the global financial crisis of 2008, most bond portfolios typically fell 30 percent to 40 percent, which is absurd in a bond portfolio. However, the credit crisis offers several lessons. Firstly, allocation and diversification …

In investment banking, rehypothecation occurs when a bank acquires loans by using the collateral of its clients as the bank’s own collateral. It is a common practice within the so-called unregulated “shadow banking” sector and …

There are thousands of mutual funds out there today and there are more being added every day. Before you even begin to look for a mutual fund, you need to look at your economic goals. …

Mutual funds are one of the most popular financial vehicles for individual savers. Moreover, they are often the first tool of choice recommended by financial advisors for people starting to think about life-long savings plans. …

Mutual funds can be your greatest investment or your worst. The only way to make the right decisions is to be informed! This article will help you learn what you need to know to make …

The Equidata Investor is a stock market and investment publication issued and mailed on the first day of each quarter. The publication is dedicated to the small investor but we welcome Venture Capitalists, and savvy …

You need to balance your investment growth target against the inherent risk that you’re prepared to subject yourself to. At the most risky end of the scale, you could place a bet. If you can …

Bonds will fluctuate in value opposite to the changes in interest rates, short or long term. When interest rates rise, bond values will fall and visa versa. These changing prices occur to match the bonds …

One of the most common fallacies about investing in mutual funds is that the investor does not need to do any work and just sit back to reap the profits. Well, that is true to …

Investors are told to buy low and sell high; the corporations that offer those stocks take the same advice when deciding to do buybacks for their own companies. When stock prices are low, it behooves …

Hedge funds versus mutual funds By nature, hedge funds are more aggressive than mutual funds although they share some common attributes. An investor in a hedge fund is willing to take higher risks than the …

If real estate moguls like Donald Trump and Robert Allen are to be believed, this is an excellent time to invest in the real estate market. Both individuals have upcoming seminars on this topic and …

Forex Margin trading is one of the best ways to make a big profit in a short amount of time. It has the potential to make you thousands of dollars over night, but at the …

Real estate market bubbles are marked by rapidly rising property prices, sales and financing activities beyond the ‘normal’ range of periodic up turns and down turns. Real estate bubbles may sometimes be referred to as …

A bear market is a prolonged period of pessimism which results in steady erosion in the value of various asset classes. In such market conditions, it becomes virtually impossible to predict the ‘floor’ (the price …

When you see someone driving down the street in a sleek BMW you likely say “Wow, nice car! I bet he’s loaded!” But have you ever stopped to wonder which would help you out more …

On March 8, Circuit City (Was CC on the New York Stock Exchange, now CCTYQ in the Over-The-Counter market) closed its 567 remaining U.S. stores. Part of Circuit City’s problem was low consumer spending due …

Even in a shaky real estate climate, certain areas of the country remain seemingly untouched by the housing crisis, and college towns are no exception. In the wake of plummeting property values, college town real …

HYIP stands for High Yield Investment Programs. Almost all of them are modified Ponzi scams which try to pass themselves off as investment schemes which carry high returns, along with high risks. “Investors” who fail …

Stock is partial ownership of a corporation. Both preferred and common stocks are common investments in the stock market. Preferred and common stocks are partial ownership of a corporation. Both can be purchased from most stock …

Once a relatively obscure financial instrument, mutual funds have become extremely popular over the past decade or so, as more and more investors turning towards them to save for retirement and other financial goals. For …

Municipal Bonds (nicknamed munis) are bonds issued by cities, states, counties and various districts to raise money to finance operations or pay for projects including: Building highways, housing, library, airport, new schools or other community …

Almost anywhere you look for recommendations about basic investing, the experts will direct the potential investor to investments that provide diversification, or a variety of investments across industries. Investing in a mutual fund is an …

The move from legal tender fiat money to voluntary use of gold and silver bullion coins has already been occurring on a state by state basis in the U.S.  It’s time for Americans to be …

What is a good real estate investment? First determine what your personal objectives are. Income, growth, utility, convenience, prestige or whatever. Remember real estate does not usually lend itself to short term, fast turnover. Real …

For those of you who are thinking about buying the stocks of mining companies and the stock of those huge multinational oil corporations it is my opinion that they have reached the top of their …

You may have heard the benefits of investment property through such old saws as, “Real estate’s the only thing they’re not making any more of,” or, “Only real estate is real.” In the late nineties …

Currency trading charts otherwise known as forex charts are the primary tool used in the technical analysis component of forex trading. Although differing markets behave in very different ways, for example, the fx market and …