Investing Archive

The Abcs of us Treasury Bonds

The U.S. Government is the largest borrower in the world; its debt load is well over seven trillion dollars and this number keeps getting higher due to deficit trend rising in recent years. The Government …

Investing in Vera Bradley

Before investing in Vera Bradley (VRA), you should know more about the company. Vera Bradley is a producer, marketer, and retailer of quilted cotton luggage, handbags, and accessories, such as cosmetic bags, scarves, and wallets. …

Figuring out your Investment Style

Why worry about your investment style? After all, you have easy access to high quality analysis and research, up to the minute market information, and tens of thousands of mutual funds all vying for your …

Free Anti Virus Software

One minute you are checking your email, the next your computer reboots itself. Then it reboots again. It continuously reboots over and over. It’s another virus. Computer viruses cannot be overlooked, so many people and …

How Young is too Young to Invest

It’s never too early to start learning about investments, and any enthusiasm you can share with a child will (you know I’m going to stoop to this one) pay dividends in the long run. However, …

Top 10 Questions about Mutual Funds

As a former Mutual Fund Investment Adviser, I have talked to thousands of people all across North America about Mutual Funds. Mutual Funds can be very complicated and overwhelming. This can prevent many people from …

Investment Basics for the Stock Market

Stock market investing has several unique attributes and factors in comparison with the bond market. In the bond market, the bond holder simply lends money at a fixed rate/term and is interested in securing the …

What is the Nasdaq

NASDAQ (acronym for National Association of securities Dealers Automatic Quotation system) is the largest electronic screen based equally securities market in the U.S founded on February 8, 1971 by the National association of securities dealers. …

Invest in Exelon

Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC) is a company which produces and generates electricity, providing power to over 5.4 million customers in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. The company was formed after a 2000 merger between Unicom …

An Overview of Bond Types

Definition: A Bond is a contracted debt that obligates the borrower to pay periodical interest (except zero coupon bond) and to repay principal at maturity to lender. The borrower is the issuer of the bond,the …

Tax Lien Investing

A “lien” is a form of security interest where property is used to ensure repayment of a loan or performance of some other contractual obligation.  Think mortgage, for instance. A “tax lien” is when the …

What is a Flight to Quality among Investors

In the world of investing there are many expressions and phrases that are commonly used among professionals, but that can sometimes seem quite confusing to the general public. While not as bewildering as the actual …

Investment Property Defined

It is difficult to define what property is the best for investment purposes, but if you are a developer or a builder there are key factors that can impact the true value of the property. …

Investing in Gold Gems and Platinum

Investing Opportunities in Gold A few months back it was hard to believe that gold prices could go past $1000 an ounce so soon. When they did, it was a surprise. Anyway the expectation is …

Mutual Funds what is Annual Return

An annual return is simply the annual rate of return of an investment. This annual rate of return is measured as a percentage. Generally the annual return takes into consideration whether or not the mutual …

Invest in Att

Established for more than a century, AT&T is one of the world’s largest telecommunications corporations. Head-quartered in Dallas, Texas the corporation, which has a global workforce of approaching 260,000 thousand, has operations and provides telecommunications …

Why a Companys Annual Report is useful to Investors

According to The Economic Times, the annual report of a company is an important document aimed at the informational needs of a company’s stakeholders, potential stakeholders, creditors, customers, suppliers, economists, financial analysts etc. However, many …

Does Quantitative Easing Work

Quantitative easing is a term used to describe a form of economic stimulus offered by the Federal Reserve Bank to help boost market activity including business lending. This type of economic aid is an alternative …