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Uncertain Times for Investors…But Money Still Being Made

These are very trying and uncertain times for investors. On the one hand, profits of public companies are rising sharply; on the other, short-term interest rates have been near zero for years. These are two very strong and positive forces for pushing ... Read >
Author: profitconfidential

Economy: Could This Fictitious Story Become Reality?

Just imagine… It’s 2012 and the world realizes the euro can’t make it as a currency. Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy have all been repeatedly bailed out. Germany and France have had enough. They tell these weaker countries to get out of the euro or G... Read >
Author: profitconfidential

Why an Economic Slowdown Is Inevitable this Year

If we split the economy into consumers and businesses, both groups are pointing to a slowdown in the economic expansion that started in 2009. Let’s start with the American consumer… Consumer confidence in the U.S. unexpectedly fell this June to a seven-... Read >
Author: profitconfidential

Bond Pricing and Benchmarks

Bond price is the maximum amount an investor is willing to pay to purchase a bond. Bond pricing is influenced by the current average interest rate at which returns are being raised by investors and the interest rate listed on the bond. A bond is priced at... Read >
Author: JessicaThomson

Foreign Currencies - Understanding The True Classification And Identity Of A Foreign Currency

Foreign currency may be the only way for you to trade. This is particularly true if you are a tourist or a businessman for a multinational company. Thus, you should know the currencies before you go to your next journey. Here are some of the currencies yo... Read >
Author: Cedric

Michael’s Top Seven Reasons to Worry

In my daily writings, my goal is not to continuously be the bearer of bad news. When it comes to the economy, my goal is to educate my readers as to the severe structural economic problems the U.S. faces in the hope that more awareness of the issues will ... Read >
Author: profitconfidential

Should You Invest In Gold?

There are ads all over the place right now claiming gold is the ultimate investment. Let’s dig down to the facts. Like any commodity or “real" asset, valuation of gold is straightforward. It’s purely supply and demand — nothing more. But commodities ar... Read >
Author: Denisa Tova, MBA, CFP,CDFA, ChFC, CLU

Reliance Life, banks currently pay brokers as low as 5 bps

In an unprecedented move that could spark yet another round of rate cuts in the domestic institutional equity broking business, Reliance Life Insurance has started paying lower brokerages for its equity transactions. According to two people familiar with ... Read >
Author: Bimadeals

What Bond Types Should You Buy for Income?

Investment income generally comes from debt (or loan) instruments - like bonds. Before deciding on what type of debt instrument you'll use to generate your invested retirement income, you should know their characteristics. Here's a quick overview. U.S... Read >
Author: Shane Flait

Balanced Budgets, Interest Rates and Unemployment

Lenders are anticipating mortgage interest rates to remain low this week after a dreadful few days in the stock market. Standard and Poor's recent announcement about downgrading the United State's credit rating outlook to "negative" will keep stock marke... Read >
Author: Jody Sparks

Knowing When To Trade Currencies

One of the most common pit falls in trading, is entering a trade without the right reasons in place. It’s like buying a bus ticket to nowhere. It takes a lot of patience and discipline to wait for the right entry but the successful traders of the world ha... Read >
Author: Shawn Oman

Why the Markets Don’t Buy Obama’s Four-trillion Deficit Cut

Why don’t the markets believe him? Yesterday, President Obama said that he would cut $4.0 trillion from annual deficits over the next 12 years. He plans to raise taxes and cut government spending. The stock market hardly budged. The U.S. dollar and ... Read >
Author: lombardipublishing

The Difference Between a Money Market Account and a Money Market Fund

Many investors do not realize that there are differences between a money market account and a money market fund. While the differences are subtle, they both have faintly distinct levels of risk. Due to this variance in risk, there is also a small differen... Read >
Author: hccoleman

U.S. Dollar Crisis: Only Way to Protect Yourself

The big news story this morning is the intervention in the foreign exchange markets by the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized countries to push down the price of the Japanese yen…something smart currency traders were expecting. The European Central Ban... Read >
Author: profitconfidential

Power & Profit for Precious Metals Partisans

"Nothing will unnerve the paper gold shorts more quickly and do more to undercut their confidence than to strip them of the real metal and force them to come up with more hard gold bullion to make good on deliveries. 'Stand and Deliver or Go Home' should ... Read >
Author: Deepcaster

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