It’s easy to lose sight after months or indeed years of trading the basic ground rules that separate sustainable and long term benefits out from potential short term catastrophes. But there is fit one often forgotten principle that we may well implicitly think of, but more explicit thought needs to be
This ‘investing fundamental’ is the [...]
Think back to just a few short years ago, banks were on a lending spree, corporate lines of credit were being issued in record volume and companies were able to raise equity and debt capital with reasonable ease; then came the banking crash which unfortunately brought on an entirely new group of scams preyed on [...]
What is pair trading? If you haven’t done pair trading before, pair trading is done with two almost similar stocks. Pair trading is highly popular with professional stock traders when they take simultaneously a long position in one stock and a short position in another almost similar stock in equal dollar amounts. Both these stocks [...]
Buying online is actually the most convenient way to purchase your gold. There are many trusted websites that offer high quality gold bars for everyone who can afford them. Most of these websites guarantee the authenticity of the gold that they sell. You can safely acquire your first gold through these websites by following few [...]
About five or six years I heard conservative radio show host Laura Ingraham ask economist Ron Insana what he thought of gold as an investment. (Like many other conservative radio shows, one of Laura’s sponsors at the time was a gold dealer.)
She laughed graciously when he replied, “Sure, everybody should keep some gold on hand [...]
While most countries on earth were experiencing melt down in 2008, our friends down under never really went into the recession cycle. Yes, during unprecedented global and economic strife, Australia stayed largely unaffected.
Sure, they had a slow down, but it did not qualify as a recession. The good news now for investors and traders is [...]
Many people hold off on investing in anything because they feel like they need more current income, and they don’t want to have to wait years for an investment to pay off.
What is the solution if you are in that category? Income Investing. What exactly is income investing? You may have heard the term and [...]
The best investment portfolio for 2010 and beyond will hold stocks, bonds, and money market securities. Finding the best investment in each area is not possible or necessary. Coming up with YOUR best investment mix is. Let’s review your investment options.
I’ll keep it simple. If you invest at all you have an investment portfolio, which [...]
One of the few investments that performs well in good and bad economies, silver is a rarity in today’s investing world. Here are the four top reasons silver has consistent performance.
Silver is a Base Metal
Silver is a base metal, meaning it is a primary component in the production of many different products. From the wiring [...]
After such a tumultuous year for investors it can be helpful to come back to some basic principles.
Here are five do’s along with five don’ts that we believe are good advice at any time, but especially in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.
Let’s start with the Do’s.
1. Be cautious. Having a conservative bias makes [...]
