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- What Is the Difference Between an Option Buyer and an Option Seller? Part 2 - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffContrary to a call option buyer, a put option buyer expects that the underlying security will move lower thus making a profit for himself. So, the put option buyer has control over a bearish position in X numbers of options that he has bought. Bear in mind that put options, like call options, ...
Views: 1742(3 votes) - What Your Insurance Company Does Not Want You to Know about Fixed Annuities - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Lisa CintronOne of the greatest features of fixed annuities is that they are reasonably simple. So, in reality, fixed annuity rates are not nearly as complex as variable annuities are. However, be aware that your financial advisor most likely won’t inform you that they are less expensive, because he will ...
Views: 1677(3 votes) - When Investing, Be Prepared To Adapt To World Changing Events. And Fast - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffIf you want to invest, you must and will have to be able to adapt quickly. There is no way around that. There are some few set and old rules that do not change that easily like ones from Benjamin Graham, Buffet’s most recommended and awarded book. Buffet himself has said that Graham’s book, “The ...
Views: 640(3 votes) - When Trading In The Markets, Trust Your Instincts More Than Gurus - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2010 from Fernando Brinkerhoff“There is no free lunch” is a common saying all around and it fits really well in the financial markets. You should be always aware of what the other person might earn, gain or have an advantage when presenting something to you. He might just be giving you a piece of advice or telling you a ...
Views: 711(3 votes) - Making Money With Low Rents! - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2013 from David LindahlIn this article, I am going to tell you how you can make money with low rents; the two primary reasons why landlords keep their rents below market; and how you can profit handsomely because of it. I am a value investor. What does that mean? That means I look for opportunities in the ...
Views: 1645(5 votes) - Opportunities In Business With Office Equipment Leasing - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2010 from Shilpi SharmaThere arises the same questions when it comes to acquiring and replacing office equipment. Both new businesses and even existing businesses come across this. Whether you choose purchasing or equipment leasing, both get you what you want but with significant differences. The way you choose will ...
Views: 757(5 votes) - Significance of Investment Property Lenders - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2010 from Jared T.Investing is a good way to bring in additional income and can in fact become a person’s way of living if it is done properly. No wonder people are drawn into investing specially in real estate business since this is still building its name in the market. So anyone who wants to invest in real ...
Views: 714(5 votes) - Do You Have What it Takes to be a Successful Entrepreneur? - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2013 from David LindahlHave you ever wondered if you have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur? There are certain key traits that most, if not all successful entrepreneurs have in common. The good thing is, you don’t have to be born with them. You can develop these traits. So, if after you read this list, ...
Views: 1441(7 votes) - One Man, One Woman, Two Weeks and a $23K Profit - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2013 from David LindahlThis is a story about one man, one woman, two weeks and a twenty-three thousand dollar profit. When I first started investing I took real estate classes, read books and manuals, and listened to cassettes (yes cassettes… what are those?!) constantly. I wanted to learn as much as I could and ...
Views: 1471(7 votes) - An Individual Investor's Guide to Managing Inflation Risk - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2010 from Dan GoldieThe risk of high future inflation may be one of the most important risk factors individual investors will face in their investment lifetimes. In the United States, inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index has averaged approximately 3% per year since 1926. However, the inflation rate has ...
Views: 651(2 votes) - An Investor's Guide to Withdrawing Income From a Portfolio - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2010 from Dan GoldieOne of the main elements of retirement planning is calculating how much money is needed to be financially independent. Sometimes referred to as "the number," this is the amount of money you need to accumulate so that you can safely withdraw income and have the freedom to do whatever you want for ...
Views: 667(2 votes) - Anyone Can Easily Create A Blog And Claim That They Indeed Know A Magic Formula To Make You Rich - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffNot only being a successful trader is becoming harder and harder, false web gurus are making it even worse. With high-frequency trading becoming a standard in most markets, you are competing with robots that perform thousand or maybe even millions of calculations per second. So, besides having ...
Views: 671(2 votes) - Balancing the Risks and Rewards of Your Portfolio - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2010 from Philip LovelessIn today's world of financial crisis, one after another, and the pace of change in the economy fueled by technology, investors must look for new and innovative ways to balance the risk/reward relationship in their portfolios. Although some of the old methods of doing this such as asset ...
Views: 951(4 votes) - Economic Growth and Stock Returns - What Investors Need to Know - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2010 from Dan GoldieAlthough their forecasts are notoriously inaccurate, economists spend a great deal of time thinking about and forecasting future economic growth. Investors often consider these forecasts when deciding where to invest their money. The conventional view is that countries and regions with strong ...
Views: 805(2 votes) - Forex Secret Tips #52 -- Is Your Stop Loss Safe? - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2010 from Matthew HuttonsDetermining and entering a stop loss is a serious discipline for each Forex trade you take. However, it appears that some stop loss levels are safer than others, in that they don't get hit usually. Nothing could be further from the truth, as revealed in this article... Keywords: Forex ...
Views: 2228(4 votes) - Forex Training Course Lesson: A Forex Trading Strategy That Works - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Forex Robot ArenaWhen you search for a forex trading strategy that works, it can be difficult to know what is a viable strategy to use. Lots of tactics depend on very short term desired goals that could give you big earnings for a short time followed by a crash. Dishonest dealers develop these types of systems ...
Views: 1968(2 votes) - How To Develop Your Business Plan For Real Estate Investing - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2010 from Jared T.Almost everyone wants to earn a name in the real estate world plus it's still among the thriving ventures which is known to be lucrative and is making earnings to the people who may have earned their mark on this venture. There could be a whole lot of challenge before you can actually claim that ...
Views: 851(4 votes) - How To Get Started With Tax Lien Investing - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2010 from Jared T.Some people may have come across tax lien investing and several may haven't been aware of its existence. There could be just several who actually understand how the market works and have been able to successfully invest in tax lien. This is something that isn't considered by a lot of people as ...
Views: 793(4 votes) - Hunches And Instincts In The Stock Market - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffHunches and instincts are often used to differentiate great trade stars from more common every day traders. This kind puts these so-called “stars” in a position hard to get since they will explain their moves and trades with irrational data. But that is not completely true, there is the other ...
Views: 968(4 votes) - Invent A Setup And Teach People How To Profit. Also Teach Them How To Fly While You Are At It - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffI would like to propose a small and quite fun test to you: to invent a setup. But not a real setup with good indicators and a solid foundation; instead try to come up with the worst and craziest setup that you can potentially imagine. Why would you do that you might be wondering and the answer ...
Views: 669(2 votes) - Life Insurance - This 1 product offers 4 must have retirement benefits that no one talks about - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Roger ElyOk I know what you're thinking, "Why do I need life insurance." Most folks I meet with have a negative view of what was once a must have product in everyone's portfolio. Unfortunately most agents have sold this multi-functional product short and promoted it just for death benefit. But there's ...
Views: 1306(2 votes) - Market Timing Plays A Big Role In Your Strategies - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffSometimes in the stock market, you can be completely right about all your analysis, hunches, guesses, criteria and still not make any money at all! Does this sound to you a bit farfetched? Well, as a matter of fact, I’ll admit that it does sound a bit strange to me as well and to many other ...
Views: 680(4 votes) - Penny Stock Sins Take Flight - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2010 from John Paul WhitefootTough economic times might stop people from going out less often and it might put a stop on non essential purchases, like a first edition of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby in dust jacket, for example, that could be yours for just $500,000. What hard times won’t do though is stop gamblers from ...
Views: 1949(2 votes) - Plan Everything Beforehand To Become A Successful Trader - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffIf you want to be successful as a trader in the stock market, try to write down everything you are planning to do before, during and after the trade. This will help you in having a cool state of mind that is required in order to be a prosperous trader. If you constantly make quick and unplanned ...
Views: 822(2 votes) - Stop Orders: An Essential Tool For Your Trade Arsenal - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffIt would be quite hard, especially for the regular investor who has a regular forty hours per week job, to trade and profit from the markets if there were no stop orders available to him. This type of order will enable you to place an order in your home broker, or have it placed by your broker, ...
Views: 734(4 votes) - The Case For Planned Giving - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2010 from lorri GreifOften professionals understand the need for planned giving, but meet resistance from board members who are unsure about how it works or its benefits to the organization. I cannot emphasize enough how important the support of your board members is to reaching your goals and achieving success. ...
Views: 1297(2 votes) - The CRASH of 2010 - This is NOT a Drill - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Roger ElyDespite what the current administration says and would like us to believe, the current financial crisis is not over; in fact it's probably just beginning. If you're paying attention, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that we're on the verge of a catastrophic collapse in the market that ...
Views: 2115(2 votes) - To Become A Successful Technical Analyst, One Have To Study It For A Long Time - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffI don’t understand why on earth anyone that has followed a couple of tutorials, read one or two books, could proclaim themselves as “technical analysis experts”. If you compare to any other profession, you will see that most requires at least a five-year course in order to be recognized, by ...
Views: 1004(4 votes) - Too Much Information Might Jeopardize Your Progress - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffMost people get lost amidst so much information and potential trades that they might go for. The problem is that they are probably not making a profit in the markets and believe that they have got the wrong system. So they go out there in the World Wide Web and search for a new one. That is ...
Views: 756(4 votes) - Trading Systems – Becoming a Better Trader - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2010 from Dennis McGrewIf there was one set formula for success in the financial world, then everyone would be making millions off of the stock market. The best way to succeed is to take every piece of advice with a grain of salt, and then use the most current trading systems tools that are available, to try and ...
Views: 1004(4 votes) - Use Your Hunches To Profit From The Market - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffThe World Wide Web offers us many possibilities to track, analyze, decide and act upon our hunches and feelings. We no longer need to fly blind when investing and trading. We can use the web to verify if that hunch that we are having does actually got some fundamentals behind to support it or if ...
Views: 733(4 votes) - Don't Fall Into A Snare When Considering Purchasing A New Second Home - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from John SmallsThe values related to purchasing property undoubtedly have become focused since the large drops in house prices during last year. Now in mid-2010 because of this drop, now there are individuals switching their focus on entering the marketplace. There a wide range of groups of people looking ...
Views: 885(7 votes) - Can’t Afford to Pay a Parent Loan? You Might Get One Anyway. - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2010 from Jeff MictaborThe U.S. Department of Education issues federal parent loans — known as PLUS loans, for parents of undergraduate students — designed to help families pay for college. PLUS loans, like federal student loans, are fixed-rate college loans. They carry a slightly higher interest rate ...
Views: 1419(3 votes) - Interest rates expected to remain low until 2014 - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2010 from Sam GoochAccording to a leading economic forecaster, the Bank of England will need to keep interest rates at their record low until 2014.The Ernst & Young Item Club, which bases its forecasts on the Treasury's own model of the economy, said the 0.5% base rate – currently at its lowest point in ...
Views: 704(3 votes) - Options – Using probability in your favor - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffUsing options as leverage If I ask you where could you buy something for 10% of the price and still profit from its 100% price move, would you have an answer? Well, options have that, but like we pointed before, LOW-PROBABILITY trades have that. The problem with out-of-the-money (OTM) - where ...
Views: 776(3 votes) - Pointers on How to Make Money on Real Estate Notes - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2010 from Allen WrightThere are plenty of ways on how to make money on real estate that’s why people have started investing on this business venture. And in order for you to succeed, you need to know just how system works and you should expect that things won't come easy unless you put some effort and hard work. Real ...
Views: 708(3 votes) - Retirement Investment Advice: They don't call them "BROKErs" for nothing - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from Roger ElyIf you don't want to be "broker", fire your Broker! Sound a little rash? Think about it. Did you lose a big chunk of your retirement savings back in 2000-2003? Most lost 40-60%. Did you lose again in 2008? Many lost 20-40% or more! Now ask yourself this question, "Did you ever get back to ...
Views: 1455(3 votes) - Transparency In Hedge Fund Investing Is Critical For Investors - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2019 from Dwayne StrocenDue to some recent high profile fraud cases within the hedge fund industry, many investors are seeking greater transparency from their investment managers. While many managers protect their proprietary trading programs, there is one sure fire way to address this issue. Fund redemptions are ...
Views: 1192(3 votes) - A Calm And Relaxed State Of Mind Is Required To Trade In The Markets - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffMost people tend to pay far too much attention to their setup system and believe that is the only thing necessary to profit in the stock market. They don’t realize that there is so much more that goes underneath and all that must be planned beforehand if they want to be profitable traders. At ...
Views: 861(4 votes) - Do Not Worry, There Is Another Train Coming. Plan It All Before Opening Your Home Broker - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffMost people when just starting out as traders in the stock market, read some articles on the web and then believe that, in order for them to be successful, they must make quick decisions and act fast. They believe that this would be the only way to profit and not let that big-time trade slip ...
Views: 749(4 votes) - Hard Money Lending and The Present Economy - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2010 from Jared T.Investors in real estate will see it useful to produce resources by searching for hard cash lenders. This practice of borrowing is done by people who have the finances to provide for real estate investors. They are mainly interested in investors who found a promising property because they can ...
Views: 770(4 votes) - Stay away from IPOs - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffIt is already hard to guess what a stock price movement will be when you have more than five years’ worth of data that you can analyze and compare. So, imagine yourself doing that without any prospect whatsoever on how the stock had acted and reacted according to news, volatility and world ...
Views: 684(4 votes) - The Market Makes Everyone Humble. Whether They Want It Or Not - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffYou know one thing that I really love about the stock market? I love its ability to take those that walk with their noses high - those who believe they can and will beat anything that come their way – and smash them! The stock market does not care how smart or intelligent you are. There are so ...
Views: 727(4 votes) - The Market Will Go Wherever It Want To Go – Regardless Of What Your Indicator Has To Say About It - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2010 from Fernando BrinkerhoffYour indicator is not more reliable than anyone else’s indicator; and that is the reason why many will fail you to provide you with a proper guidance when trying to make a living out of the stock market. I’ve learned this definition the hard way and it only became fully clear to me after reading ...
Views: 659(4 votes) - The Potential in Investing in Realestate - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2010 from Claud PearceRealestate can be a very lucrative way of gaining funds. It is not just something that you purchase so that you can have a nice place to live. Many have realized the advantage of investing in realestate and that is why its popularity has amplified in the last fifty years. You will hear of a lot ...
Views: 650(4 votes) - Ways To Find Wholesale Property Buyers - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Allen WrightInvesting in wholesale real estate is definitely a profitable endeavor that’s why most people are getting into this business. But as an investor, utmost caution is called for if you want to succeed in this industry. Certain concerns have to be dealt with properly in order to avoid hassle in ...
Views: 787(4 votes) - Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2009 - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2010 from lorri GreifJust to refresh everyone's memory, in August 2006, then President Bush signed the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA 2006), which gave individuals at least 70 1/2 years old the opportunity to make a charitable gift of up to $100,000 a year in 2006 and 2007 from their IRAs, as long as it went ...
Views: 1020(5 votes) - ***5 Rules to Saving For Retirement - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Bill LoseyThe Automatic Rule Start saving money today. Even if it’s only a buck or two each pay period, savings is a habit you must start and stick with for the rest of your life. To improve your chance of savings success, automate the process. Have money withdrawn automatically from your paycheck or ...
Views: 1369(1 vote) - ***How Long Will My Portfolio Last? - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Bill LoseyQuestion: If one has a properly diversified investment portfolio, what percentage do you feel is safe to plan on withdrawing annually so that my account value never decreases? Susan, New Jersey Answer: Susan, as long as you limit your withdrawals to the amount of interest, dividends and ...
Views: 1606(2 votes) - 5 Tips to Help You Make Money Out Of Real Estate Deals - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2012 from Paul KlineIf you have some money to spare then you should consider trying to make money out of the real estate market. There are many opportunities to make money in this market as long as you know exactly what to do. Of course, there is a certain amount of risk involved in this business but the rewards ...
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