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Date: 2009-09-03 06:57:07

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Investing in foreclosures

Investing in foreclosures December 16th, 2008 Investing in foreclosures can be a big money maker when it comes to real estate investing niches ... in your property that has a history as a credit criminal who doesn’t pay their bills? Of course you wouldn’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 17:39:45

The best 2008 investment advice was to stuff all of your money into your mattress.

For some time, including presently, investment advisors warned people about losing ground economically by failing to invest their money.    It was and is still argued by many ‘pros’ that only the foolish or insane who feared the integrity of the markets  would stuff their cash in a mattress for a zero percentage return. But guess what? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 01:05:55

Borrowing To Invest Vs. Saving To Invest

This is a follow up to my post about bums not being richer than you ... the $500 directly into investments, he goes to his bank and sets up a home equity line of credit ... nest egg of $378,015. Not too bad! The Leveraged Investor In this scenario, our investor wants [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 00:22:31

Tips - Investing In Real Estate

Tips - Investing In Real Estate Posted By Martin Gurani on @ 9:38 am by Martin Gurani When you are the first to start investing in houses, you should always look for bad or ugly houses that need a lot of work. These houses are much ... something too antiquated, because it could cost a fortune to repair. If you think of yourself [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 09:38:05

Socially Responsible Investing: Can You Make Money?

Over at the NRDC site, they have a very interesting article about socially responsible investing. Some might immediately think that you could never make as much money investing in “green” ventures as big bad companies, but as it turns out, you can come close. At the expense of possibly losing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 17:00:24

Investing with a financial advisor? Don’t go in cold!

(This is a guest post written by ABCs of Investing, ... electrical book. It showed how to do electrical repair jobs and even how to plan various circuits ... investments. Do-it-yourself investors forget how much time they have put into learning about finances [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 07:20:05

Investing

Anonymous asked:What should we invest in, if we can afford to buy low right now?Oh my goodness, this question is so far outside of my area of expertise, that I don't even want to talk about it... But I will, because it's important, as long as you promise to remember that I'm a business manager with a background in special education, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 13:53:00

Dollar to fall under scrutiny at G20 summit

Apparently the French Press is the only major media outlet that wants to address this issue. Under the pretext of correcting trade imbalances and aiding developing nations, The UNCTAD and Chinese proposals, below, would have the effect of getting SDR bonds into circulation by monetizing international debts, purchasing investments in local currencies, and so creating an international currency based on a floating basket of investments. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 21:18:13

1/29: Free Seminar “Investing During Uncertain Times” (RSVP Required)

Black United Fund of Oregon and Unitus Community Credit Union are sponsoring a free seminar called “Investing During Uncertain Times.” Description: Find out how to best invest in a bad economy. Some helpful tips will include how time is your friend, how to make the best use of the fact that everything is on sale and how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 04:25:23

Investment Banks Hoist on 2005 Bankruptcy Law Changes Petard

Investment banks? What investment banks, says the alert reader ... to pull funds from the Federal Reserve more readily. The Financial Times report that the changes ... about having credit exposure and can start curtailing certain types of activities and close accounts [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 14:00:01

Words from the (investment) wise 9.27.09

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009) After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 12:05:27

Words from the (investment) wise August 23, 2009

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (August 17 – 23, 2009) After starting the week with a broad-based sell-off, stock markets resumed their five-month uptrend as investors’ confidence in the recovery prospects of the global economy gained traction. With risky assets back in favor, a number of bourses and crude oil closed at fresh highs for the year, showing resilience in the face of a sharp correction in China on Monday (-5.8%) and Wednesday (-4.3%). [more...]

Date: 2009-08-23 13:58:59

FDI: The Rise & Fall (& Policy)

Two headlines to consider: 1. “Foreign direct investment in China rises 23.6% in 2008” (MarketWatch) 2 ... , according to media reports Thursday. China drew in a record $92.4 billion of investment in 2008, Dow ... on company credit and profits may continue to discourage investment. The CSI 300 stock index [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 10:18:20

How Shall We Then Invest?

Warren Buffett says buy. Jeremy Grantham says it will get worse. Both are celebrated value investors. Who is right? It all depends upon your view of the third derivative of investing. Today we look at valuations in the stock market. This is the second part of a speech I have given in the past few weeks in California and Stockholm [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 18:56:27

Are You Really Ready To Invest?

Investing involves risk.  So before you strike it rich, it’s important to make sure you’re not going to lose everything on one bad stock pick ... out of your checking account every month.  If you don’t see it, you can’t spend it! Emergency Fund Management ... up.  Not having a job is bad enough.  Ruining your credit while not having a job is just [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:43:09

Corporate Bonds: When Safe Asset Classes Become Risky

We hear about "credit crisis" and "risk aversion", but I thought I would make those issues much more concrete for readers ... are considered investment grade. With the current credit crunch, however, there are increasing fears ... the individual retirement accounts, pension funds, and other prudent investment accounts tied [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 22:40:16

Consumer Reports Retirement Survey: Planning Ahead May Be Just As Risky As Rewarding

February issue offers 17 moves to rebuild the nest egg and secure the future In the wake of big investment losses many have turned to Plan B to ... their credit card use and spent less on groceries and household goods. “When bad investments happen to good people, they have to work harder to slash debt, cut spending and save more. Switching to Plan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:09:04

Hooters, Owls, and Woots Oh My!

I’ve got a pair of hooters in my backyard. I don’t usually see them during the day, but I sure hear them “woot it up” at night ... for Mortgage and Credit Repair | Mrs. Micah Carnivals: Festival of Frugality | Aridni Carnival ... Return Bonds | Canadian Capitalist Investment Asset Classes | ABCs of Investing College Students Guide [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 08:05:42

Why You Should Rent and NOT Buy a Home

Over my 26 year life, I have never heard anyone say that you “should” rent instead of buy until yesterday ... like it is a wiser decision to rent then own when speaking from an investment perspective Investment ... include You don’t want to bother with home maitenance or repair Rental rates are often low [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 16:06:38

Mortgage Rates, Scary Jobs Details, Investing in 2009, Russian Gas Dispute, and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Mortgage rates plunge to record lows… but are they at the bottom? ... of the credit crisis. “That’s bad,” Byron King somberly explains. “We already have an aging work force ... to 2009… how to invest amid rife market manipulation If you’ve got money, credit and patience [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:36:29

Wealthy In Spite Of Themselves

Regarding the Madoff scandal, Chuck writes: “I can’t help thinking how similar it is to the characters who invested with the “playboy” version of Francisco D’Anconia, because he “knew how to make money.”  They did no research into the actual projects they were investing in [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 21:14:09

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (November 24 – 30, 2008)

The holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week brought investors an additional item to be thankful for when stock markets closed higher for five ... reports were cast aside by equity bulls, arguing that the bad news had already been priced in. However ... investment and $306 billion in asset guarantees. With credit markets still not thawing after [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 07:45:19

Carnival of Everything Finance: # 21

Welcome to the September 3, 2008 edition of Carnival of Everything Finance.We had over 100 really good articles submitted for this edition. Unfortunately I could not include all of them.I hope you enjoy reading these articles. Investing The Stock Teacher presents Ouch- CROX Just Taught Me A Lesson posted at Stock Investment, saying, " [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 12:28:00

Latest News in Stock Market and Investments - Jan 5, 2009

Register for FREE - Wall Street Journal 4 Jan 2009 at 10:18pm Last year was a disaster for U.S. investors and the country’s economy — and Robert Rodriguez can rightly say he saw it coming. As far back as 2005, the mutual-fund manager bemoaned the “investment foolishness” in the market and noted “financial … SEBI measures that may affect your [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 08:58:04

Should You Invest In REIT?

With the current housing market meltdown, it’s hard to think about investing in real estate ... with maintenance — i.e., answer midnight phone calls to go fix the toilet. You don’t have to deal with bad ... . Moreover, the current tight credit market and lack of cash makes it even harder to buy [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 03:39:11

“Is Now a Good Time to Invest in Real Estate?”

No? Yes? Hell no? Maybe? Via comments and emails generated here, as well as through random conversations, it seems that a lot of people are trying to peer into ye olde crystal ball and determine if now is a good time to buy a house, whether as an investment or as a primary residence [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 16:23:44

Obama Teaching America to Invest in the Future

Obama Teaching America to Invest in the Future It's funny how much more relevance a "radio" address takes on when it's on YouTube. Of course, it could be that we now have a leader who has priorities that are more in line ... seen. We will repair broken schools, make them energy-efficient, and put new computers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 16:41:29

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

SEC supposedly moving against Reserve. The SEC may bring an enforcement action against investment firm Reserve Management Co ... laws.' Reserve Management is already being sued by investment firm Ameriprise Financial Inc. which ... slightly ahead yesterday in the race to build a central clearinghouse for the $54T credit-default [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 12:11:18

About Online Trading

About Online Trading Online trading has given anyone who has a computer the ability to invest in the market ... Investment .com. All Rights Reserved. This Post Was Brought To You By Expert Debt Help - Informative Credit Repair, Credit Reports and Debt Solution. Advice on Home Loans? - Your Guide to Home Improvement [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 08:00:12

2007 Vs 2009

“The 14 Biggest Differences Between Investing NOW & Investing Pre Dec 2007” ... shortfalling properties, low yields and bad credit scores 2) Pre 2007: People were talking about growth ... in this 14) Pre 2007: Mortgage rates would change slowly, incrementally & infrequently. Cred [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:06:40

Best Business & Investing Titles of 2008

We continue our rundown of our Best Books of 2008 with a look at the top titles in Business & Investing. In a year marked by markets in free-fall, record home foreclosures, and epic bank failures ... published prior to the credit crisis rendered instantly outdated? Let's hope 2009 sees a resurgence [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 22:59:13

Call to Action

We had the chance to talk several times about Act 221 on Bytemarks Cafe ... who invest in qualified high-tech businesses (QHTB). Based on a recent report by the Dept. of Taxation, $657.5 million in investment credit was claimed by investors. This is viewed by the current [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:36:14

Foreclosure Investing - The Basics

Foreclosure Investing - The Basics December 16th, 2008 Foreclosures, short sales and Real Estate owned by financial institutes (known as REOs) look like the same thing: someone can’t pay their mortgage and a property is being taken away. But the truth is, they are all fairly different from each other [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 17:39:45

Investing Made Simple

by The Mogambo Guru Since I think that the stock and bond markets are a big, fat fraud (in that the vast majority of "investors" will get back less buying power than they invested, thanks to the depreciation of the dollar by the despicable Federal Reserve creating so many of them) [more...]

Date: 2008-06-12 20:56:51

Investing Made Simple

Suddenly I think, 'Ahhh! I see! Demand is more than supply, meaning price will go up until demand equals supply!', at which point I think, 'Whee! Investing is easy when you know to avoid stocks and bonds and buy gold, silver and oil. Since I think that the stock and bond markets are a big, fat fraud ( [more...]

Date: 2008-06-12 19:58:35

Investing in Second Trust Deeds

From an email: I've been enjoying your blog posts on mortgages ... on trading. Anyways, the newsletter talks about buying 2nd mortgage notes as an investment ... , and overextended borrowers, I suspect that the market for 2nd notes will be heating up over the next [more...]

Date: 2008-09-06 07:39:38

Crisis roundtable: The deal we had was a good one

A QUICK reaction to the revised Paulson plan as posted by my Washington colleague ... before the credit market log jam clears (for example, see Willem Buiter). First, there is an investment ... of the original Paulson plan. If the investment problem is solved, the leverage problem will fix itself [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 15:16:19

Turn a $5,000 Investment into $10,750 on Every Play

p {margin-bottom: 1em;} Turn a $5,000 Investment into $10,750 on Every PlayBy Jim NelsonJanuary 11, 2009Dear Penny Sleuth Reader,Each week, our colleague Steve Sarnoff tells his readers to make just one investment buy. And since November 2006, not one pick has lost value! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 11:00:00

Seven Deadly Sins of Investing - Part I

An Interesting Quiz With the current financial crisis, now is the time to start considering investing in the stock market ... and looks gorgeous. Besides, you would be saving on repair costs on your old car. No harm rewarding [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 22:00:00

revised Paulson plan as posted by my Washington colleague ... before the credit market log jam clears (for example, see Willem Buiter). First, there is an investment ... of the original Paulson plan. If the investment problem is solved, the leverage problem will fix itself [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 22:28:56

Get 2% Deposited Into Your Schwab Investment Account

I don’t usually write much about credit cards here but this is something kind of interesting. Charles Schwab is offering an unlimited 2% cash back on their Invest First Visa Credit Card ... s $25,000 per year in spending. If you spend more than that, the Schwab card may not be a bad idea [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 20:48:50

Bryan Ellis On Subject-To Real Estate Investing: 7 Big Problems

Bryan Ellis On Subject-To Real Estate Investing: 7 Big Problems Posted By Bryan Ellis on @ 1: ... ever wanted a way to buy an unlimited number of properties without using your own credit ... to the seller’s mortgage, but it’s a very bad policy to give a seller this impression. Instead, make [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 13:46:57

Guest Post: Your Investment Costs Matter Too

paidtwice’s note:  When a new site run by a seasoned blogger, ABCs of Investing, approached me about running a guest post for them, I was intrigued ... retirement savings because I’m still working on my credit card debt”.  But you will have savings [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 10:39:08

Words from the (investment) wise 12.15.08

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (December 8 - 12, 2008) ... that liquidity was still being hoarded. (Also see my “Credit Crisis Watch“.) 13-dec-v1.jpg Source ... of the biggest industrial failure in US history caused a sell-off on global stock markets, a widening of credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 12:42:13

Profit From the 2011 Economic Disaster

Are We 33 Months From Real Economic Disaster? Dear International Friend, Many investors worry about the current economic downturn…yet there is a destructive investment fundamental that is now so powerful it overwhelms all other factors that affect investing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 12:41:47

Avoid Foreclosures Today And Save Some Money

With today’s onset of globalization, there have been quick lifestyle pattern changes. In our hectic and busy schedules, we oftentimes overlook the huge need to make proper investments in order to save some money. However, such trivial issues could bring benefits in the long run. Simply restricting unnecessary spending will not be enough. A lot of research reports confirmed within significant amounts of foreclosure cases that lenders failed to respond to mortgage company’s calls. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-17 19:19:08

Latest News In Stock Investment Funds - Nov 19

Reynolds Retrenches - Forbes 19 Nov 2008 at 3:53am Putnam Investments’ new chief executive announces job cuts as part of a larger ... restructuring specialist Hilco for a nominal sum, illustrating the pain being felt by British store [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 17:02:44

Latest News in Stock Market and Investments - Dec 15, 2008

Wall Street Opens Mixed On Auto Rescue Hopes - CBS 2 Chicago 15 Dec 2008 at 7:39am NEW YORK (AP) ? Wall Street is opening mixed, with investors relieved about possible White House aid to the beleaguered auto industry but nervous about the growing list of firms affected by investment manager Bernard Madoff [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 18:19:18

Friday Links

Consumerism Commentary hands out a report card for financial rules of thumb . The Financial Blogger lists his top ten Canadian dividend stocks . Wealthy Boomer looks at three ways to protect fixed-income investments from inflation . Bible Money Matters discusses the importance of financial focus and how it leads to results . Five Cent Nickel helps with dealing with a collection agency . Financial Methods points out five monthly expenses that can easily be reduced . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 09:00:26

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