Posted February 7, 2009 - 10:27 by Julie Rains
Investment
I just finished reading “Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is” by Natalie Pace, who has been ranked as a #1 Wall Street Stock Picker by TipsTraders.com. She wants us to love investing not because we love number crunching or looking at what she calls “mind-numbing charts” but because we love shopping for bargains and making the world a better place! From her book, I’ve put together some of her simplest, savviest tips on picking stocks.
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Posted February 3, 2009 - 11:38 by Sarah Winfrey
Investment
Poker's not just about gambling anymore! Interested in investing? Have a lot of poker know-how but not much in the world of finances? Need an excuse to play some more? Read on for some thoughts about how playing poker can enhance your investing.
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Posted January 19, 2009 - 13:39 by Xin Lu
Personal Finance, Investment, Real Estate and Housing, Food and Drink, Lifestyle
Recently I read an enlightening story in the New York Times about the Pu'er tea bubble in Yunan, China. The burgundy fermented teas fetched prices of $150 a pound at the peak, but now sells for less than a tenth of those prices. I have actually been to one of those tea houses in Yunan, and I have also seen the rise and burst of the housing bubble in America. These experiences make me think that there is a certain formula to creating a speculative bubble out of anything, and here is what I have gathered.
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Posted January 13, 2009 - 07:23 by Debbie Dragon
Personal Finance, Investment
Many families make a sacrifice by having one parent stay at home to raise their children. If the stay-at-home parent remains at home and unemployed for the majority of his or her working years, what happens when the stay-at-home parent reaches retirement age?
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Posted January 11, 2009 - 10:45 by Philip Brewer
Green Living, Investment
Stephen Leeb's new book makes that case that we're running into resource limits on every front--energy, metals, water--and that this problem is going to affect everything we do. Then, it looks at what can we do about it, as individuals and as a society.
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Posted January 9, 2009 - 07:41 by Julie Rains
Taxes, Real Estate and Housing, Investment
The borrow-at-a-low-interest-rate-and-invest-to-get-greater-returns mentality was so embedded in our belief system that there almost seemed to be a stigma attached to not carrying a mortgage balance forever. Some financial experts indicated that the early mortgage payoff had merely a psychological benefit but no clear financial benefit or worse, a financial disadvantage. I won't tell you what to do because personal financial circumstances vary, and vary greatly over the life of a 15-year or 30-year mortgage. But I'll tell you what some of these experts were thinking and what they forgot to mention when it comes to paying off the mortgage.
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Posted January 6, 2009 - 07:27 by Linsey Knerl
Personal Finance, Frugal Living, Life Hacks, General Tips, Budgeting, Investment
Considering that I pay most bills online, I don’t use a whole lot of postage stamps these days. When I do, however, it almost always involves me digging through piles of paperwork to find that small sheet that I remembered buying some time ago. Do you also kick yourself for not buying forever stamps?
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Posted December 25, 2008 - 09:23 by Silicon Valley Blogger
Investment
A lot of people have been asking me recently, is this the stock market bottom? Is it time to jump into stocks? As an investor for over 20 years who's lived through 2 recessions (and going on a third), here are some tips to weather market cycles without losing sleep.
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Posted December 11, 2008 - 17:10 by Xin Lu
Personal Finance, Investment
This week the 4 week T-bill rate was driven down to 0% and the demand for these treasuries was astounding. It seems that investors are so pessimistic that they are willing to accept no yield for the safety of their principal. If you have been following the markets for the last few months it does seem like every other asset is falling. So, where could we put our cash if we do not want 0% yield treasuries?
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Posted November 3, 2008 - 12:07 by Philip Brewer
Investment
Every six months, the Treasury sets a new fixed rate for series I savings bonds. After tracking close to the rate on the Treasury's other inflation-indexed bonds during the Clinton administration, the rate was cut sharply starting in 2001, culminating in an interest rate of zero for the past six months. Today, though, the Treasury announced the new rate for the next six months: 0.7%
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