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23rd September 2009
A beginner investor seems very much attracted to the stock market as it offers a number of lucrative opportunities. He always is intended to explore the ways that could lead toward profitable ventures. When we are talking about the Indian Stock Market, on... Read >
Author: Money Control16th September 2009
Employed by market traders, the experts in the field, the best buy and sell barometer is the movement of exchange-traded funds. ETFs, or "Exchange-Traded Funds" are similar to mutual funds, but the two are distinguishable.
All types of funds allow s... Read >
Author: Ian Wright10th July 2009
There is an image you need to set your sights on and this image is of you, the intelligent investor out there making wise decision and the money you should be making off of the market. One of the problems that new people face when they enter the market is... Read >
Author: Candy11th May 2009
Here iam giving the top 5 tips for Forex Trading Practices
Forex is very hot at the moment, because it is an ideal place for the intelligent investor money now. The key to success in this market is still at the forefront of the trade and the provision of... Read >
Author: Anusha Varma02nd April 2009
Over the past year and half many people have seen their savings and investments dwindle to a almost scary low. With the market today a person has to be wiser, be a intelligent investor. How do we become a intelligent investor? HOMEWORK... What do I mean b... Read >
Author: parttimer13th March 2009
“Alas!!! Had I invested in life insurance, today I wouldn’t have fallen into this dump”. This is the statement that most people over the world have been making after facing current downturn in the economy, that’s being termed as “recession”. T... Read >
Author: Nail Ramp03rd February 2009
If you’re interested in an overseas property, have you considered a Brazil property? No! This article is not another look at the Brazil property market, suggesting you to buy Brazilian property just because Sam Zill thinks so. In fact the write up inten... Read >
Author: Dale Campbell30th January 2009
Although the global economic environment has had one of the most destructive hidings of the modern epoch, there is always a silver lining for the flush investor out there.
Many property owners and other investors are reeling after the worst market cra... Read >
Author: Kayla Reid22nd August 2008
Investing in commercial real estate is quite lucrative if you are an intelligent investor, who has a property purchase plan from the beginning. Before you ever make a move to begin the purchase process, it is wise to take a look at the property to projec... Read >
Author: Brice Sheppard21st August 2008
Investing in commercial real estate is quite lucrative if you are an intelligent investor, who has a property purchase plan from the beginning. Before you ever make a move to begin the purchase process, it is wise to take a look at the property to proj... Read >
Author: Brice Sheppard21st August 2008
Investing in commercial real estate is quite lucrative if you are an intelligent investor, who has a property purchase plan from the beginning. Before you ever make a move to begin the purchase process, it is wise to take a look at the property to projec... Read >
Author: Brice Sheppard25th September 2007
At The Intelligent Investor we simply adore dividends. They may not be very sexy, but in a corporate world littered with half-truths and empty promises—and that's the good bits—dividends do at least provide a bit of black and white. A company can eith... Read >
Author: Melanie25th September 2007
In the fourth instalment of our value investing series, we get down to the nuts and bolts of valuation.In the second instalment of this series, in issue 198/Apr 06, we saw that shares are worth the present value of the future cash they can generate for th... Read >
Author: Melanie25th September 2007
There's an important distinction between a supercycle for commodities and a supercycle for resources stocks.With a heading like 'Resources mania or mining supercycle?', a small piece in issue 197/Apr 06 was always likely to polarise opinion, and sure enou... Read >
Author: Melanie21st September 2007
A high dividend yield can indicate there's value in a stock, but there are plenty of traps for the unwitting investor.If you're anything like us, you probably enjoy running your eye down the dividend yield column of your favourite financial pages. As far ... Read >
Author: Melanie21st September 2007
What do value investing and skiing have in common? They both require you to overcome your natural instincts.If you've ever sampled the subtle delights of skiing—and the all too frequent and rather less subtle delights of landing on your backside—you w... Read >
Author: Melanie21st September 2007
With value hard to find, it makes sense to be patient and reserve some firepower for the future.In the world of investment, some arguments are as old as the hills; and none more so than the amount of cash to hold in your portfolio. Some stick to a rigid p... Read >
Author: Melanie21st September 2007
Confused by some commonly-used investment terms? These explanations should help you out.New investors often find financial terminology quite daunting. The problem is exacerbated by some brokers and financial planners who, deliberately in our view, make si... Read >
Author: Melanie20th September 2007
Looking for a meatier Investor's College article? Grab a calculator and sink your teeth into this one.Valuing a bond might seem like a strange topic for a stockmarket publication. But there are some very good lessons and analogies for share investors, so ... Read >
Author: Melanie10th September 2007
Value investing is the art of appraising the worth of a business and distinguishing it from the price the business is selling for in the market. Warren Buffett said, "Price is what you pay for; Value is what you get."Benjamin Graham, the father of Value I... Read >
Author: Maria Suarez21st August 2007
To get the best from your portfolio, you need to know your stocks. Here's how one great investor splits them up.
In One Up On Wall Street, the famous American investor Peter Lynch described how he split stocks into six categories. Last issue we looked... Read >
Author: Melanie21st August 2007
The tide has turned in debt markets. We're about to find out who's been swimming naked.
The events of the past few months deserve reflection. Hank Bloggs – a citizen of the United States who never should have been lent money to start with but though... Read >
Author: Melanie17th August 2007
If you think a low PER means 'cheap' and a high one means 'expensive', be careful. It ain't always so.
Hands up. Have you ever made a list of all stocks trading on low PERs from the newspaper? Don't be shy, because many of us have. From the beginning o... Read >
Author: Melanie17th August 2007
A few simple rules will help you establish and maintain a fortress to keep you financially independent.
For all the peripheral reasons one might get involved in investing, the foremost priority is almost invariably to accumulate wealth. Obviously, goal... Read >
Author: Melanie17th August 2007
Confused by some commonly used investment terms? Our new glossary should help you out.
The world of finance is full of jargon. Partly this is because, as with most things, there are similar concepts that keep repeating, so it's easier to have a conden... Read >
Author: Melanie16th August 2007
Most people are net buyers of stocks throughout their lives, which means that market falls should be welcomed rather than feared.
You could be forgiven for thinking that there had been some major ructions in the stockmarket over the past couple of wee... Read >
Author: Melanie07th August 2007
It is nothing but foolishness to invest in the stock market without knowing about the market and market condition. But market research can help you gather relevant information about the stock business, which will help you play safe in the stock market. Ma... Read >
Author: James Marriot24th July 2007
One thing that successful real estate investors know is that you can't invest with your emotions. Leading with your heart can be an easy way to lose money or get taken for a ride. Investing is a business just like any other and as such you have to be smar... Read >
Author: Robert Nachman23rd July 2007
If you've ever been confused by the array of dividend dates, you're certainly not the only one. Here's how they all fit together.
Ex date, record date, books closing date, payable date: dividends seem to have almost as many dates as you'd find at Sydne... Read >
Author: Melanie20th July 2007
A company's cost of capital is one of the most enigmatic areas of economics – absolutely crucial to understand but absolutely impossible to pin down.
There are two basic ways that a company can obtain finance. It can either borrow it (debt) or raise ... Read >
Author: Melanie05th July 2007
The bottom line on corporate metabolism comes down to the cash that flows out for shareholders.
In the first two episodes of this three-part series on corporate metabolism, we looked at how a low return on equity could slow down the flow of cash throug... Read >
Author: Melanie05th July 2007
Following last issue's article, here are more great ways to blow your hard-earned savings.
As we said last issue, to make money, sometimes it's better to first concentrate on not losing it. With that in mind, here's the second part of our series, with ... Read >
Author: Melanie01st July 2007
In the first of two articles, here we explain the classic investment mistakes that, to be successful, you should avoid at all costs.
Investing successfully poses many challenges. In these pages we aim to show you some of the techniques that can help you ... Read >
Author: Melanie01st July 2007
Analysing Ten Network is much tougher than it might first appear. Here we step through a couple of the issues.
As value investors, we attempt to consider every stock from a business perspective. When doing so, we often find it helpful to look at the 'b... Read >
Author: Melanie01st July 2007
Most subscribers own banking stocks, so let's examine how banks work and what drives their profits.
The Romans did more than popularise bloodsports and central heating. They also pioneered a banking network that extended throughout much of Europe, Asia... Read >
Author: Melanie01st July 2007
It's time to discuss an often over-used and much misunderstood yardstick.
There are two types of people who read The Intelligent Investor; those who know what the letters 'PER' stand for and those who skip over them and hope they're not too important. ... Read >
Author: Melanie31st May 2007
Derivatives are a complicated and potentially dangerous area. Here's how to spot the warning signs.
To be a successful investor, you don't need a comprehensive knowledge of derivatives. But you do need a basic understanding of what can go wrong and wha... Read >
Author: Melanie31st May 2007
The workings of corporate metabolism
Capital-intensive businesses generally make for sickly investments. In this, the first of a three-part series, we examine why.
They say 'what goes in one end comes out the other' and, while it may be true of babi... Read >
Author: Melanie30th May 2007
Dividend dates create a fair bit of confusion. Hopefully, the following will help.
Firstly, from the company's perspective, there are two important dates – the 'record date' which, as we'll explain, isn't important for investors and the 'payable date... Read >
Author: Melanie30th May 2007
The juicy-looking yields you see in the newspaper aren't always what they seem.
Last issue we discussed some important questions to ask yourself before buying a stock on the basis of its dividend yield. This time we're going to focus on applying those ... Read >
Author: Melanie30th May 2007
Investing is all about laying out money now to receive more back in the future.
So the key questions are - how certain are you that you'll get your money back at all? If you do get your capital back, what sort of return are you likely to receive and wh... Read >
Author: Melanie30th May 2007
Share purchase plans are very popular these days. Small and large companies alike have been rushing to take advantage of them, with just a small sample including MYOB, Metcash, CBA and Bank of Queensland. The main reason for their growing popularity is th... Read >
Author: Melanie21st May 2007
Benjamin Graham is often referred to as ‘the father of value investing’, and wrote the book The Intelligent Investor, in 1949. Its basic principles are still in use today. Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham’s protégé, is often called the world’s... Read >
Author: ohadlivne10th May 2007
Everyone loves the idea of buying stocks that double in price. Here we discuss how to spot them.
Where do you look to find stocks with a reasonable chance of doubling over a period of, say, three to five years? Having chewed over this issue in the offi... Read >
Author: Melanie10th May 2007
The internet has done great things for the private investor, but you need to tread carefully.
Information about companies and industries used to be expensive, hard to track down, or both, and this gave institutional investors a huge advantage over the ... Read >
Author: Melanie10th May 2007
In the first of a series on value investing, we get down to the basics in far north Queensland.
The word value comes in for a lot of abuse these days. You'll often hear that 'so and so is a value investor' or that 'such and such is a value share', but ... Read >
Author: Melanie10th May 2007
There's little point in a company buying back shares if they're overpriced, but it makes sense if they're cheap.
You'll have come across them in newspapers and in the pages of this publication, but are you left wondering what is meant by a 'share buyba... Read >
Author: Melanie10th May 2007
Don't know your ex-date from your record date? Read on.
Ex-date, record date, books closing date, payable date - there are enough dates associated with a dividend to fill up a calendar. So this issue, for those new to the world of investing, we're goin... Read >
Author: Melanie09th May 2007
Toronto, ON April 28, 2007 – The investment and personal finance book industry is a multi-million dollar industry as North Americans hope to glean tips to invest their money to obtain a maximum return on their investment portfolio, retire early and live... Read >
Author: PublicRelations08th May 2007
Selling stocks that you've held for a long time, and done well from, is a testing issue. Here's how to address it.
Amid the little decisions we take without a second thought, an entire life can change course. Who hasn’t wondered, for example, how the... Read >
Author: Melanie14th August 2006
Managing the personal finances and to multiply it many fold
needs prudent investment strategies. Without gaining adequate knowledge in investment, do not try your hand in various investment options, which can result in drastic and sometimes disastrous r... Read >
Author: jupita fanklin25th May 2006
Every intelligent investor is aware of the fact that, whenever he/she invests in a policy of higher return, higher risk is always there. In the history of Sussex, people faced a number of scams, from credit card scams to e-bay frauds and from Lotteries to... Read >
Author: Philip Rae04th January 2006
One question almost every investor asks at some point is whether it is possible to achieve above market returns by selecting a diversified group of stocks according to some formula, rather than having to evaluate each stock from every angle. There are obv... Read >
Author: Geoff Gannon
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