Investing Archive

The evidence is that the casual investor can not beat the market. The definition of beating the market arises from the ability of an investor to earn a higher rate of return than the market …

Today, the most popular investments are municipal bonds. The advantages are wide-ranging, as they offer the potential investor an attractive current income. This is enhanced even more by the fact that some municipal bonds are completely …

Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is unstoppable. In the past quarter alone, Apple sold 37 million iPhones, which represents a little less than 9% of the global handset market. In 2011, Apple’s cash grew by $31 …

Mutual funds are considered to be the easiest investment instruments to diversify your investments. With one mutual fund, you invest in twenty, fifty and even to many hundreds of different companies and it is even …

Depending on the conditions within any given housing market, determining whether to invest in real estate is a variable decision. When a real estate market is hit by a financial crisis, housing inventory can go …

HM Premium Bonds are a UK investment that is more or less a lottery. You invest a specific number of bonds for £1 each and then a monthly draw is held each month. The only …

Want to know how to quickly make $5 million in the stock market? Start with $10 million.  The biggest mistakes people make when they buy or sell stocks are much bigger than the moment when …

Today’s real estate investor must navigate a world of limitless information when deciding on the best properties to invest in. Gone are the days of driving around town to find properties. These days the status …

Taxation Concepts: Buying and Selling Stocks Understanding the tax implications of stock buying and selling is crucial. A working knowledge of basic key concepts will enable the individual investor to make smart decisions with the …

Shareholder dividends are a form of monetary distribution most commonly paid to owners of business stock and mutual funds. The dividends for company stock are from made corporate earnings and income earned from mutual funds. …

The lending institutions operate in cyclical markets. Credit, like most investments, varies with the changing economic climate. As such, there will be times during economic prosperity when obtaining a loan will be easy. Lending standards …

Introduction to Weather Derivatives The development of weather derivatives market owes its origin to the deregulation of the U.S. energy industry. Seasonal weather patterns have always produced volatility in energy prices which has been traditionally …

Section 8 is one of the most corrupt governmental housing programs ever. From my own experience, I applied for Section 8 in 1979 when my children were 8 and 10-years old. The next time I …

With the Federal Reserve Board’s estimate that the economy will continue its slow recovery throughout 2012 many investors are looking for relatively safe places to invest. While U.S. government bonds are considered among the safest …

They aren’t busy clowning around as the kingpin of burgers and fries. Home of the Golden Arches —Your neighborhood’s local “Safe Place” for kids and anyone — Birthplace of Ronald McDonald House Charities — Host …

Actually, I would have to say that there IS an end to high oil prices. And, it is probably going to come sooner than you think. Today, April 17th, we set a “new record” at …

By setting investment goals, investors determine the best investment strategy to use.  Investors use their goals as motivation to take action.  Goals are milestones.  With the use of milestones, investors can measure their success or …

Odds are that in a recent election you have voted to authorize the city or county that you live in to issue bonds in order to raise capital for a public works project, or to …

Risk premium is a financial value that equals return on investment over and above the risk free rate. The risk free rate is the amount an investor receives for investment with very little risk. For …

Think back to your school days. What subjects did you learn in the classroom? Reading, writing, and math for sure. History, geography, and science as you progressed through the grades. Perhaps even art and music. …

As a new investor sometimes learning the lingo can be just as daunting a task as investing.  With so many different terms that aren’t used in standard conversation learning what everything means is much like …

House buyers may take months to find the ideal home. Anticipation sets in when an offer is accepted, but having agreed on a sale price isn’t the end of it. Under English law both the …

Before you even think about flipping a house, banish the thought that it is a sure-fire way to make money. Flipping a house is hard work-profitable if you avoid making any serious mistakes-so banish those …

The recent financial turmoil is causing investors of all stripes to search for investments that are both safe and yield enough money to allow them to continue on their retirement goals. U.S. Treasury bonds are …

Steve Jobs made his much publicized return to Apple on June 29 following his liver transplant. So what now? Now that he is back, is the next break-through product around the corner? It’s hard to …

My Real-estate Investing Strategy Finding Property When doing real estate investing it is very important to find good deals. 1. Property should be 70% or below Appraisal value. The best property to find is no …

These two terms will be discussed under the context of strategies of investments of stocks and shares, and could be applied to in any particular stock, in any stock market and in any currency. Averaging …

The foreign exchange rate of a currency can be seen as the price of that currency as valued in other currencies. There are generally two rates – one for selling and one for buying that …

Book building is the valuation of  new financial securities carried out by securities underwriters known as book runners. When a company issues new bonds or shares, they have to be priced. This pricing is performed …

With so many stocks available for you to choose from, how do you determine the one that is right for you? After all, if you pick incorrectly, you could lose all of your hard-earned money. …