Nov 2009 30
Real Estate Investing for Cashflow
Investment in real properties requires certain knowledge and experience. For your property to become profitable it should not be a rocket science. You just have...
Nov 2009 29
How to choose an investment broker
A broker, also known as a “registered representative” or “account executive” is the one acting between a buyer and a seller. Generally, brokers work for a brokerage or...
Nov 2009 28
Real Estate Concepts: Rule of 72
The Rule of 72 is one of the techniques in approximating the doubling or halving time of an investment used in the financing industry. Other rules such...
Nov 2009 27
Closed End Funds
Close End Funds refer to a collective investment option with fewer shares. In the United States, these are legally called closed-end companies and happen to be one amongst...
Nov 2009 26
Exchange Traded Funds
There are some very popular weapons of investment known as Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) that aims at some unique markets. These markets may be related to the stock...
Nov 2009 25
Federal Funds Rate
Why is interest charged? Basically interest is the cost which one has to pay for borrowing money. In other words, it is the opportunity cost of the funds...
Nov 2009 24
Hedge Funds
A private investment partnership with a small number of investors making a minimum amount of initial investment is known as a Hedge fund. Generally, the hedge funds are...
Nov 2009 23
Schiff, bullish on Gold and Silver
I noticed that over the past few weeks Gold has maintained its gains as the stock market has been jumping around. It’s becoming clearer and clearer that Gold...
Nov 2009 22
The creature from Jekyll Island
I’m reading a very interesting book called the “The Creature from Jekyll Island” subtitled “A second look at the Federal Reserve”. About one hundred pages in the book...
Nov 2009 21
First Mortgage Loan
Most of us start planning and investing in order to buy the house of our dreams long before we get there. Similarly, it is equally important for potential...