Posted June 23, 2009 - 00:14 by Xin Lu
Personal Finance, Frugal Living, Lifestyle, Investment
The Education of an American Dreamer: : How a Son of Greek Immigrants Learned His Way from a Nebraska Diner to Washington, Wall Street, and Beyond is the personal memoir of Peter G. Peterson, the cofounder of The Blackstone Group, and also the former U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Nixon. Mr. Peterson became a billionaire when Blackstone went public in 2007, and he consequently founded the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. This memoir is a fascinating and adventurous tale of life amongst the humble, rich, and powerful.
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Posted May 20, 2009 - 14:16 by Silicon Valley Blogger
Investment
The stock market has experienced an unbelievable slump from a high of around 14,000 in the Dow Jones index sometime in 2007 all the way down to 8,000 last I checked. So as an investor, it's easy to fret over our portfolios especially when we hear a lot of investment "experts" declaring the "death" of the buy and hold strategy. Is it time to start listening to the critics of long term investing who are just now crawling out of the woodwork?
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Posted May 18, 2009 - 11:23 by Julie Rains
Investment
I just finished reading The New Coffeehouse Investor by financial adviser Bill Schultheis. He's an index-fund investor and discusses his rationale for investing in non-managed funds. What I enjoyed most, besides his easy-to-follow style and references to mountain climbing and other adventures, was the way he applied analogies of common activities to making some financial decisions. I'll tell you about my favorite comparisons and give you the basics of his investment planning.
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Posted April 23, 2009 - 12:40 by Paul Michael
Real Estate and Housing, Investment, Consumer Affairs
I’ve seen several houses in my area go into foreclosure over the last 12 months. The economy and over-inflated housing prices, coupled with predatory lenders and some very bad decision-making, have turned something that was once quite rare into a full-blown epidemic. But some places are having it worse than others; much worse. Do you live in one of those unfortunate towns? You're about to find out.
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Posted April 10, 2009 - 09:49 by Silicon Valley Blogger
Investment
Where is the stock market headed? Any rally may simply be a "dead cat bounce". And while many investment experts are offering a variety of stock market predictions, some of those guesses will be wrong. But before you wonder who it is you should be listening to, know that there are ways to invest so that you aren't too vulnerable to market swings. Let's review some of those strategies here.
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Posted March 26, 2009 - 16:41 by Nora Dunn
Taxes, Investment
For many of us 30-somethings (and some of us both younger and older), our parents took out whole life insurance policies for us when we were kids. When we became income-earners and were deemed responsible enough, a ceremonious transfer of papers occurred, where we were told gravely that this policy is to be kept paid up, as it will be worth a lot of money. Sometime.
What is this insurance all about? Why will it be worth a lot of money? Should I just cancel it and take the cash? Or is there something else I don’t know?
If you have any of these questions, read on. You may discover that your whole life insurance policy is worth much more than you thought.
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Posted March 26, 2009 - 07:39 by Philip Brewer
Real Estate and Housing, Investment
I've recently heard from several people who want to buy a house and are thinking that now may be the time. In particular, they're worried that waiting might cause them to "miss the bottom" and lose the chance to get a great house cheap. In housing (unlike, for example, the stock market) you don't need to worry about that.
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Posted March 24, 2009 - 17:27 by Xin Lu
Personal Finance, Taxes, Real Estate and Housing, Investment
This week the United States Treasury announced the Legacy Loans Program. The program is meant to be a partnership between the government and private investors to clear "toxic" assets off the books of banks. Some large financial firms have expressed that they may set up mutual funds to buy these assets. Could you possibly profit by buying these funds as an individual investor?
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Posted March 21, 2009 - 09:33 by Debbie Dragon
Personal Finance, Investment
Most definitions for “investing” indicate that the term is used to describe money that is invested with an expectation of profit. This definition determines that an investment doesn't necessarily need an element of risk in order to be considered investing, even though many people fear investing because of the risk of losing their money.
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Posted February 13, 2009 - 05:10 by Debbie Dragon
Personal Finance, Career and Income, General Tips, Investment
As adults, how many times have you wished you had invested money as a teenager or young(er) adult? We're all aware of the power of compounding interest, and the idea that starting your savings earlier means having more money when you are ready to retire, but by the time we discover this financial truth – we've already missed a whole lot of years of saving! Why not help your kids earn their first million?
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